Archive listings for On Approval
Work type: PlayT0929207040 (JERMYN13)Producer Jermyn Street Theatre. Director Anthony Biggs. Design Cherry Truluck. Lighting David W Kidd. Performer Sarah Crowe. Performer Daniel Hill. Performer Louise Calf. Performer Peter Sandys-Clarke. | |
| 9 Apr 13 to 4 May 13 | Jermyn Street Theatre, Inner London :: V207 listing details L1155393371 |
T01215386265 (SUMMER04)Company Summer Theatre Company. Director Nicky Matthews. Director Seymour Matthews. | |
| 14 Sep 04 to 18 Sep 04 | Little Theatre, Sheringham :: V74 listing details L393361598 |
T01997720899 (EYE99)Performer Juliet Prague. Performer Tim Bartholomew. Performer Rebecca Dite. Performer Charles Farrier. Director Pam Buchner. Lighting David Hermon. | |
| 28 Apr 99 to 8 May 99 | Eye Theatre, Eye :: V77 listing details L1627749723 |
Spoiled, rich widow Maria Wislake decides to test the suitability of a potential husband, the likeable Richard Halton, by taking him away for a month to her Scottish Estate 'On Approval'. They are pursued by Richard's impoverished and conceited friend George, the Duke of Bristol, who has to leave town to avoid his creditors, and George's youthful and wealthy admirer Helen Hayle. But when bad weather sets in, the staff abandon them and the brandy and cigars run out, the four of them are trapped in the house with only each other for company. Described by critics on its debut in 1927 as ' butterfly of a play', Frederick Lonsdale's delicious comedy of manners, filled with wonderfully bitchy characters and cracking one-liners is a rarely performed classic from one of the twentieth century's forgotten playwrights.
