Trelawny of the Wells
by Arthur Wing Pinero
SNT 1961-04-02
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This play was performed for the first time at the Court Theatre London, shortly after it was written in January 1898. It was made in to a film in 1938. Pinero wrote Trelawny of the Wells at a time of great innovation in the Victorian theatre. Set in the 1860s, 30 years before it was written, it sees Rose Trelawny, a young actress at Sadler's Wells Theatre, leaving the company to marry into aristocracy. For this, she must forsake her theatrical, and therefore morally suspect, past. However, the deadly dullness of respectable life drives her to distraction and Rose is forced to make a difficult decision about her future. Can she tolerate society, or more to the point, can society tolerate her? This is a charming romantic comedy, and a period piece set against the background of life in the Victorian Theatre.
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Thanks, Rick!