Difference between revisions of "Penelope"

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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
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A comedy in three acts written by W. Somerset Maugham ()[]
  
 
==South African productions==
 
==South African productions==

Revision as of 11:17, 8 May 2019

There are two stage plays by this name:

Penelope by W. Somerset Maugham (1909)

The original text

A comedy in three acts written by W. Somerset Maugham ()[]

South African productions

First performed in English by the American Dramatic Company at His Majesty's Theatre on 29 April 1918, with a cast that included Hilda Attenboro.

Sources

Penelope by Enda Walsh (2010)

The original text

Penelope is a tragicomedy written by Irish playwright in 2010. It concerns the attempts of four men seeking to win over Penelope in the absence of her warrior husband, Odysseus, who has been away for the previous twenty years fighting the Trojan wars.

It was first performed at the Oberhausen Theater in 2010 by the Druid Theatre Company, Galway and published by Nick Hern Books, London, 2010.

South African productions

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_(Enda_Walsh_play)