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Fanny's First Play

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    George Bernard (GB) Shaw 

  • Notes

    Shaw wrote this anonymously and has the critics speculate as to the author of the play and conclude that Shaw couldn't have written it as he didn't have the heart to inject such passion into the drama.

  • Synopsis

    Count O'Dowda gives his daughter the birthday gift of a professional production of her play. It turns out to have a subject closer to the bone than he would've liked.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    12

  • Female

    5

  • Total

    17

Original Production

  • Date of First Production

    19 April 1911

  • Original Venue

    Little Theatre

Original Cast  
Dora Delaney Dorothy Minto
Lieutenant Duvallet Raymond Lauzette
Margaret Knox Lillah McCarthy
Joseph Knox Arnold Lucy
Amelia Knox Cicely Hamilton
Juggins the footman H.K. Ayliff
Maria Gilbey Gwynneth Galton
Robin Gilbey Fewlass Llewellyn
Flawner Bannal Nigel Playfair
Mr. Gunn Reginald Owen
Mr. Vaughan S. Creagh King
Mr. Trotter Claude King
Fanny O'Dowda Christine Silver
Count O'Dowda Harcourt Williams
Cecil Savoyard Lewis Sealy
Footman A.E. Filmer
Bobby Gilbey Shiel Barry

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