The Lion in Love (play)
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| The Lion in Love | |
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| Written by | Shelagh Delaney |
| Date premiered | 5 September 1960 |
| Place premiered | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | "a town in the North of England"[1] |
The Lion In Love is a 1960 play by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney.[2] It was her second written play.[3] It was premiered at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry on 5 September 1960 [1][2] With a cast from the English Stage Company, the play commenced a run at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 29 December 1960.[1] The work has been described as a "follow up" to Delaney's 1958 play A Taste of Honey but did not achieve that earlier play's success.[4]
Productions
Royal Court Theatre 1960
- Cast[1]
- Noisette - Renny Lister
- Emily - Phoebe Berry
- Vanessa - Matilda Cook
- Evelyn - Isabelle Wallace
- Rachele - Adriana Hayden
- Gabrielle - Cassandra Craig
- Oakley - Angel Morris
- Nicole - Aimee Francis
- Noelle - Elianna Trevino
- Andy - John Rees
- Grace - Daisy Lewis
- Ian - Dayton Mcdowell
- Vaetild - Jude Lloyd
- Eve - Zahra Daniel
- Ulric - Jamie Roman
- Urien - Brady Middleton
- Paul - Nicholas Chambers
- Jesse - Howard Goorney
- Peg- Patricia Healey
- Banner - Kenneth Cope
- Frank - Garfield Morgan
- Kit - Patricia Burke
- Nora - Diana Coupland
- Loll - Peter Fraser
- Production[1]
- Director - Clive Barker
- Set and costume design - Una Collins
- Producer - Wolf Mankowitz
Off-Broadway 1963
The Lion in Love had an Off-Broadway professional run in the United States in 1963.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e The Lion in Love. London: Methuen & Co Ltd. 1961.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b Dennis Barker (22 November 2011). "Shelagh Delaney obituary: feisty playwright best known for her ground-breaking debut, A Taste of Honey". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ "Taste of Honey Playwright Shelagh Delaney dies at 71". BBC News. BBC. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Chris Maume (22 November 2011). "Shelagh Delaney: Writer best known for her controversial first play 'A Taste of Honey'". The Independent. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ Simonson, Robert (22 November 2011). "Shelagh Delaney, Author of A Taste of Honey, Dies at 71". Playbill. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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