"Aren't We All" by Frederick Lonsdale (script review)
Wed, 15 Feb 2012, 09:39 pmbedpanner1 post in thread
"Aren't We All" by Frederick Lonsdale (script review)
Wed, 15 Feb 2012, 09:39 pmAren't we all (written 1923) by Frederick Lonsdale (died 1954) script in the public domain in Australia
8 male 4 female (5 males could be used with doubling). Lonsdale liberated an aristocratic woman in his personal life and 'exposure of british hypocrisy' is a continuing theme in his plays. There are many witty lines in "Aren't we all", but humor is secondary to moral exploration. An upstairs view of an aristocratic house in which fidelity of two couples is doubted and rescued from the brink. Some may not like the gender based double standard, but there is comic relief from unwelcome house guests, a happy ending and one character is Australian. Language is delightfully thirties upper class. The naughty side of Downton Abbey, without any kitchen scenes.
bedpannerWed, 15 Feb 2012, 09:39 pm
Aren't we all (written 1923) by Frederick Lonsdale (died 1954) script in the public domain in Australia
8 male 4 female (5 males could be used with doubling). Lonsdale liberated an aristocratic woman in his personal life and 'exposure of british hypocrisy' is a continuing theme in his plays. There are many witty lines in "Aren't we all", but humor is secondary to moral exploration. An upstairs view of an aristocratic house in which fidelity of two couples is doubted and rescued from the brink. Some may not like the gender based double standard, but there is comic relief from unwelcome house guests, a happy ending and one character is Australian. Language is delightfully thirties upper class. The naughty side of Downton Abbey, without any kitchen scenes.