 Event |
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
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| Venue |
Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba, QLD |
| First Date |
3 August 1939 |
| Opening Date |
3 August 1939 |
| Last Date |
4 August 1939 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Amateur |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Based on the romance between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, and her father's unwillingness to allow them to marry.
The play was Besier's only real success as a playwright. He had been turned down by two London producers, but managed to have it staged in Malvern, directed by Sir Barry Jackson.
He then turned to the United States, but was rebuffed by no fewer than 27 producers, before the actress Katharine Cornell took a personal interest in the play and had it staged at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio in 1931. |
| Description Source |
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| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Subjects |
Romance
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Newspaper |
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| Event Identifier |
110722 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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