Methuen Drama, 2010

Modern Plays

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Acts: 3, Scenes: 12, Roles: Total (18), Female (6), Male (12), Unassigned (0)

...Written in 1864 and set during the Irish rebellion of 1798, Arrah na Pogue is an rollicking tale of romance and misadventure with rascally rebels, despicable villains and love-struck youths. As night falls on the Wicklow...

Methuen Drama, 2004

New Mermaids

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Acts: 5, Roles: Total (15), Female (3), Male (12), Unassigned (0)

...Following the courtships and disguises of its satirical, farcical characters, London Assurance is a merry parade of wittily constructed skirmishes between love and money, town and country, nature and artifice. The preening...

Oberon Books, 2010

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Acts: 6, Roles: Total (14), Female (3), Male (10), Unassigned (1)

...Dion Boucicault, the Irish genius of London theatre in the age of Dickens, wrote the brilliantly funny London Assurance in 1841 and thereby created – in Sir Harcourt and Lady Spanker – two of the great comic roles of the English stage...

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...For learning resources, visit this page. Age recommendation: 12+ Recorded through National Theatre Live on 28th June, 2010. Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her...