Playhouse Creatures
April de Angelis
Playhouse Creatures
Things have changed. For the first time in English history women are allowed to perform on the stage. But in a glittering and bawdy age where selling oranges and baring cleavage seem to be the only talents required, how will they ever be taken seriously?
4.0 out of 5 based on 2 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Location |
Chichester |
| Venue |
Theatre on the Fly |
| Director |
Michael Oakley |
| Cast |
Charlotte Beaumont, Kirsty Besterman, Alexandra Gilbreath, Fiona Hampton, Susan Tracy |
| From |
July 2012 |
| Until |
August 2012 |
| Box Office |
01243 781312 |
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Things have changed. For the first time in English history women are allowed to perform on the stage. But in a glittering and bawdy age where selling oranges and baring cleavage seem to be the only talents required, how will they ever be taken seriously?
Reviews
The Daily Telegraph
Laura Thompson
“At the heart of the play lies Germaine Greer’s famous aperçu that all women are female impersonators. It is, undeniably, a feminist piece, although de Angelis is far too intelligent a writer to be merely ideological. And, above all, her play is marvellously entertaining: linguistically rich, stylishly directed by Michael Oakley, in sum one of those evenings when theatre is more alive than life.”
24/07/2012
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The Stage
Natasha Tripney
“De Angelis brings together a number of famous - and infamous - women of the time. Alexandra Gilbreath lends a sense of poignancy to her portrayal of Mary Saunderson Betterton - one of the very first women to play many of Shakespeare’s key female roles - whose career is gradually eclipsed by younger, bolder, prettier girls, including one Nell Gwyn, played with endearing chirpiness by Charlotte Happy Beaumont.”
24/07/2012
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