Comic opera set in rural Kent in 1740. The plot surrounds the Squire's daughter, Dorothy and her cousin Lydia, who, tired of the social rounds, decide to pose as villagers during the festival of the Hop Pole. It played for 931 performances, breaking every London long-run record.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Dorothy
{Above a stylized picture of two performers:} Lyric Theatre Built by C.J. Phi...
Squadron Leader Ralph Reader CBE, officer commanding the Royal Air Force Gang Shows 1939 - 1946. Recognised for exceptional services to world Scouting, 1975. Originator of the Scouting Gang Show. ...
Comic play. Probably the best known work of Oliver Goldsmith. Originally entitled 'Mistakes of a Night'. The daughter of a wealthy countryman poses as a servant in order to win over her nervous sui...
Playwright and novelist. Born in Chicago. She visited Britain as part of a production at the Edinburgh Festival in 1986 and has remained here ever since. She has written many plays for radio and ha...
Novelist, playwright and essayist. Wrote "When we are married" and "An Inspector Calls".
Born King's Lynn, Norfolk, father was Dr Charles Burney. Diarist, novelist: Evelina (1778), Cecelia (1782), Camilla (1796) and playwright. Her first novel, Evelina, was a big success and she ent...
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