OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Elizabeth Kuti 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Frances Sheridan

• Author Notes

  Frances Sheridan's 'A Trip to Bath' as completed by Elizabeth Kuti.

• Setting

  The play is set in the city of Bath around 1765.

• Notes

  'A Trip To Bath' was written in 1765 by Frances Sheridan. The play was never performed and three of its five acts are all that remain. It is unclear whether the play was uncompleted at Sheridan's death or the last two acts were subsequently lost. Elizabeth Kuti has now completed the final two acts in the manner and style of the original, under the title The Whisperers.

• Synopsis

  A comedy of manners concerning the tactics employed by a pair of unscrupulous fortune hunters to seduce two rich, but innocent lovers. The Whisperers combines 18th-century wickedness and wit with a very modern attitude to the sexual power of money and the market value of sex.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  5

• Total

  11

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  12 April 1999

• Producer

  Produced by Rough Magic Theatre Company In association with Belltable

• Original Venue

  Belltable
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and promotional flyer.