Talley's Folly
Talley's Folly is a one-act romantic comedy by Lanford Wilson (1937-)[1]
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Written in 1979, the play uses the charming (if creaky) "odd couple" formula to discuss history and class in a one-act dialogue between Sally Talley and her husband-to-be, Matthew Friedman. It is part of the so-called Talley Trilogy, a series of Wilson plays revolving around the Talley family of Lebanon, Missouri. The other plays, both set on July 4, 1944, are Talley's Folly, a one-act dialogue between Sally Talley and her husband-to-be, Matthew Friedman, and Talley & Son, which tells the story of a power struggle between Sally's father and grandfather.
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Performance history in South Africa
1982: Performed Upstairs at the Market, opening on 30 August 1982. Directed by Bobby Heaney with Anthony Fridjhon and Dorothy Ann Gould
1983: The production performed in the Baxter Theatre.
See also Fifth of July.
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In the 1979 romantic comedy Talley’s Folly, American playwright Lanford Wilson, born in 1937 [2], uses the charming (if creaky) “odd couple” formula to discuss history and class.
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In the 1979 romantic comedy Talley’s Folly, American playwright Lanford Wilson, born in 1937 [3], uses the charming (if creaky) “odd couple” formula to discuss history and class.
Opened 30 August 1982 at Upstairs at the Market directed by Bobby Heaney. Performed in the Baxter Theatre in 1983, directed by Bobby Heaney for the Market Theatre Company. Cast: Anthony Fridjhon, Dorothy-Ann Gould. See also Fifth of July.
Sources
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.
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