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Geneva

Another Political Extravaganza

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    George Bernard (GB) Shaw 

  • Setting

    Geneva, the mid-1930s.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    12

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    15

Original Production

  • Date of First Production

    01 August 1938

  • Production Notes

    'Geneva' was first performed in Polish in the Teatr Polski, Warsaw, on the 25th July 1938. The Malvern Festival production listed here was the first performance of the play in English.

  • Venue Notes

    First presented at the Festival Theatre, Malvern.

Original Cast  
Sir Orpheus Midlander Ernest Thesiger
The Deaconess Marie Ault
Ernest Battler Norman Wooland
Bardo Bombardone Cecil Trouncer
The Betrothed Kenneth Villiers
The Judge Donald Wolfit
The Secretary of the League of Nations Cyril Gardiner
Commissar Posky J.O. Twiss
The Bishop H.R. Hignett
A Journalist Wilson Barrett
The Widow Phyllis Gill
A Newcomer Maitland Moss
The Jew Donald Eccles
Begonia Brown Eileen Beldon
General Flanco de Fortinbras R. Stuart Lindsell

Published Scripts

  • Title

    The Bodley Head Bernard Shaw: Volume 7

  • Year

    1974

  • Published By

    The Bodley Head

  • Address

    England

  • ISBN

    0370106679

  • Title

    Plays Political: The Apple Cart; On the Rocks; Geneva

  • Year

    1999

  • Published By

    Penguin

  • Address

    80 Strand Street
    London WC2R 0RL
    England

  • Email

    customer.services@penguin.co.uk

  • Website

    www.penguin.co.uk

  • ISBN

    978-0140450309

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Source Of Information

The Information for this entry was taken from The Bodley Head Shaw, Volume 7.