Play Reading at Old Mill Theatre

THE OLD MILL THEATRE
FINAL PLAY READING FOR 2011
Wednesday 19^th OctoberFor the Old Mill Theatre’s final play reading of the year, we have chosen a little known classic written by George Bernard Shaw, who is best known for Pygmalion (My Fair Lady), Major Barbara and Saint Joan amongst others.
Shaw was a self-declared socialist and a supporter of women’s rights which was quite radical in his day. He was also an advocate of equality of income.

Fanny’s First Play is a play within a play in which Shaw lampoons his theatre critics and reviewers. Shaw writes in the preface to the play:
The critics whom I have lampooned in the induction to this play under
the names of Trotter, Vaughan, and Gunn will forgive me......... The
critics whom I did not introduce were somewhat hurt, as I should have
been myself under the same circumstances; but I had not room for them
all; so I can only apologize and assure them that I meant no disrespect.
It is relevant that Shaw earned his living as a drama critic for many years and these articles were later collected in Our Theatres in the Nineties (1932). Shaw also wrote music, art and drama criticism for Dramatic Review and a range of other journals and newspapers of his day.
Fanny's First Play was performed for the first time at the Little
Theatre in the Adelphi, London in April 1911.

TIME:                   7:00pm for nibblies and chat
7:30pm start of play reading
VENUE:                 Constance Ord Room, Old Mill Theatre
Cnr. Mill Point Road/and Mends Street, South Perth
ENQUIRIES: Siobhán O’Gara or Sally Barendse
E: siobhanog@westnet.com.au   ×€   M : 0409 374 731
E: sjbarendse@gmail.com ×€

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