I Have Been Here Before

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Event I Have Been Here Before
Venue All Saints' Hall, Brisbane, QLD
First Date 21 March 1939
Opening Date 21 March 1939
Last Date 21 March 1939
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description First produced by Lewis Casson at the Royalty Theatre, London, on 22 September 1937.
Act 1: Sam and his daughter Sally, proprietors of the Black Bull Inn, are awaiting the arrival of guests when an elderly German professor stops to make enquiries. The inn is booked out; he asks unusual questions about the people staying at the inn, but his conjectures appear to be wrong. Shortly after he is turned away, the three women they had been expecting cancel their bookings by telephone. Sally is annoyed at the cancellation, but almost immediately they receive another telephone call from Mr and Mrs O
Description Source Advertisement
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
J B Priestley Playwright
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 110633