Two more of EB
's one-act plays opened at regional theatres. Beastly Pride, a romantic comedy, was first performed at the Grand Theatre
in Croydon, Surrey, on 19 March 1914. Umbrellas (subtitled A...
Performance of text
Dodie Smith
After opening at the Grand Theatre
in Leeds, DS
's Bonnet over the Windmill transferred to London's New Theatre (later the Albery)
. The setting is unusual: on the roof of a student boarding house.
Grove, Valerie. Dear Dodie: The Life of Dodie Smith. Chatto and Windus, 1996.
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Gale, Maggie B. West End Women: Women and the London Stage, 1918-1962. Routledge, 1996.
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Performance of text
Dodie Smith
DS
found herself increasingly out of step with the new drama being produced in London since the advent of the Angry Young Men. She could tolerate John Osborne
and even admired Shelagh Delaney
...
Performance of text
Harriett Jay
Another three-act comedy, The Wanderer from Venus; or Twenty-four Hours with an Angel, co-written and produced by HJ
(as Charles Marlowe) and Robert Buchanan
, opened at The Grand Theatre
in Croydon.
Regan, Patrick. “Theatre Reviews”. Robert Williams Buchanan (1841-1901).