Rural Felicity

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Event Rural Felicity
Venue Princess Theatre, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
First Date 31 January 1866
Last Date 2 February 1866
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Two pairs of fashionable lovers are understood to quarrel, and then the men, followed by the women, make a pilgrimage from London to the village of Snugbury; but instead of finding there 'rural felicity,' such as they had expected, they get into a hornet's nest of inquisitive backbiters.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Don Actor Cecilia
John Dunn Actor Vulgar Serving Man
Dolly Green Actor Mrs Culpepper
Cassy Matthews Actor Mrs Wylie
Hattie Shepparde Actor A Lancashire lass
John Baldwin Buckstone Playwright
Text Nationality England
Further Information Mr Dunn was unwell, and had been advised not to perform. Played with the burlesque 'Orpheus and Euridice'.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 200202