OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Jo Mangan  Tom Swift 

• Adapted / Translated From

  (-) Voltaire

• Author Notes

  Adapted from Voltaire's Candide.

• Synopsis

  Naive young philosopher Candide is expelled from the Castle Thunder-ten-Tronckt and sets off around the globe in search of his sweetheart Cunegonde. On the way he meets the daughter of Pope Urban X (a lady with one buttock less than usual), monkey-loving Amazonians and a whirling dervish who may or may not hold the secret of life.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  3

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  23 September 2002

• Producer

  Produced by The Performance Corporation

• Original Venue

  Smock Alley Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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