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Fri, 27 Jan
|Frankston
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.
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27 Jan, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm AEDT
Frankston, corner Overport Rd &, Somerset Rd, Frankston VIC 3199, Australia
About The Event
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...
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- 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
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