We Happy Few
- Full Length Play, Drama, Comedy, 1940s / WWII
- 2M, 8F
- ISBN: 9781854598134
A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama, Comedy
- Time Period: 1940s / WWII
- Target Audience: Senior, Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre
A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.
While the men are fighting Hitler and the bombs are falling on London, a "girls only" theatre company sets out in a battered 1920s Rolls-Royce to bring Shakespeare to a culture-starved Britain.
Imogen Stubbs' play We Happy Few was inspired by the real-life Osiris Players, whose travelling productions during the War inspired many to take up the profession - Judi Dench to name but one.
We Happy Few was premiered at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End in June 2004 in a production directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Juliet Stevenson and Patsy Palmer. An earlier version of the play was performed in 2003 at Malvern Theatres.
While the men are fighting Hitler and the bombs are falling on London, a "girls only" theatre company sets out in a battered 1920s Rolls-Royce to bring Shakespeare to a culture-starved Britain.
Imogen Stubbs' play We Happy Few was inspired by the real-life Osiris Players, whose travelling productions during the War inspired many to take up the profession - Judi Dench to name but one.
We Happy Few was premiered at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End in June 2004 in a production directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Juliet Stevenson and Patsy Palmer. An earlier version of the play was performed in 2003 at Malvern Theatres.
REVIEWS:
"There isn't a sweeter, warmer, more likeable play in London."
The Times
"By far and away the funniest and saddest backstage play for half a century... If there has been a better or more achingly theatrical new play in the West End in the past year then I've not seen or heard of it."
Daily Express
"Very funny. A fascinating slice of social history."
Time Out
Premiere Production:
West End, 2004.
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 8F
- Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors, Good role(s) for female performers, Expandable casting
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