The Provok'd Wife

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Event The Provok'd Wife
Venue University of Adelaide, The Hut, The University of Adelaide, SA
First Date 6 May 1948
Last Date 7 May 1948
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Sir John Vanburgh has neither Wycherley's dramatic power nor Congreve's marvellous style; but though not more mealy-mouthed, he is a better fellow than either of them. Not precisely of what his Foppington calls "a nice marality," but with plenty of high spirits and his heart in the right place. Foppington and his Sir John Brute are two of the best comic figures we have outside Shakespeare's plays; indeed Sir John, with his brutality and his "prudence" and his curious charm, stands not infinitely below his great namesake Fakestaff. Grant Vanburgh his conventions - after all there are not so ve
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Bert Aldridge Actor
Fred Ames Actor
Byrom Ascione Actor
Frank Bailey Actor
Frank Brown Actor
Andrea Browne Actor
Robert Donaldson Actor
Nola Malcolm Actor
Barrie McEwin Actor
Ted McKenzie Actor
Harold Minear Actor
Hayette Minther Actor
Glynne Pericles Actor
Marion Sauer Actor
Maxine Sellick Actor
Violet Taylor Actor
John Ward Actor
C B de Boehme Director
Fred Ames Properties Master
Byrom Ascione Stage Manager
Resources
Text Nationality England
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 80058