WFT... Play Reading @ The Shed
A read through of London Assurance (1841) written by Dion L. Boucicault. Come along, pick your role, read through with passion! Warning: Melodramatic behaviour or over-acting will be strictly encouraged.
Show dates and venue
27 Jan 2023, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm AEDT
Frankston, corner Overport Rd &, Somerset Rd, Frankston VIC 3199, Australia
Performances
In this high-spirited farce, the vain aging fop, Sir Harcourt, sets off to Oak Hall in the country to marry the beautiful eighteen-year-old Grace, the niece of his old friend, Max Harkaway. In doing so, he will get his hands on her fortune and secure himself a nimble young bride...
Characters: -
Sir Harcourt Courtly, cultured 57-year-old fop
Charles Courtly, his dissolute son
Dazzle, Charles's equally dissolute companion
Max Harkaway, country squire
Grace Harkaway, Max's 18-year-old niece, betrothed to Sir Harcourt
Lady Gay Spanker, horse-riding virago
Mr. Adolphus "Dolly" Spanker, her ineffectual husband
Mark Meddle, lawyer
Pert, Grace's maid
Cool, sir Harcourt's valet
James, squire Harkaway's servant
Martin, servant to the Courtlys
Solomon Isaacs, moneylender, in pursuit of Charles