OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Emma Donoghue 

• Setting

  A dressing room of a New York vaudeville theatre in 1891.

• Synopsis

  In this play the past re-enacts itself on the night of a vaudeville star's last comeback. Inspired by an 1895 newspaper expose of Annie Hindle - the moustachioed Monarch of Male Impersonation who threw it all away for love - the play conjures up the tragicomic figure of a woman outed by the tabloids as 'a man's widow and a woman's widower'. The cast includes Tony, the crooked manager, Gilbert, the petticoat-clad female impersonator, and Ella, the stage-dresser who hungers for the spotlight. This play explores the dreams and survival strategies of emigrants, and the pleasures and risks of playing a role.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  3

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  18 April 1996

• Producer

  Produced by Glasshouse Productions

• Original Venue

  Project Arts Centre
  

Source Of Information

This information was taken from the original programme and promotional flyer. Additional information was supplied by a previous director of Glasshouse Productions.