Difference between revisions of "Penelope"
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| − | A comedy in three acts written by W. Somerset Maugham ()[]. It was originally called ''[[Man and Wife]]'' and was first produced at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday, January 9, 1909, with a cast that included [[Marie Tempest]]. The text was published by William Heinemann in the series ''The Plays of W.S. Maugham'' in 1912. | + | A comedy in three acts written by W. Somerset Maugham ()[]. It was originally called ''[[Man and Wife]]'' and was first produced at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday, January 9, 1909, with a cast that included [[Marie Tempest]]. It was later taken on tour by the Hutchinson Company, including performances at the Theatre Royal, Bath,on the 1st November 1909. The text was published by William Heinemann in the series ''The Plays of W.S. Maugham'' in 1912. |
==South African productions== | ==South African productions== | ||
Revision as of 11:28, 8 May 2019
There are two stage plays by this name:
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Penelope by W. Somerset Maugham (1909)
The original text
A comedy in three acts written by W. Somerset Maugham ()[]. It was originally called Man and Wife and was first produced at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday, January 9, 1909, with a cast that included Marie Tempest. It was later taken on tour by the Hutchinson Company, including performances at the Theatre Royal, Bath,on the 1st November 1909. The text was published by William Heinemann in the series The Plays of W.S. Maugham in 1912.
South African productions
1918: 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
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Penelope, by W. Somerset Maugham[1]
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.
