OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Charles Richards 

• Synopsis

  Lonely Hearts is a black comedy set in Paris around the time of the First World War. Henri Landru was a character reminiscent of ‘Jack the Ripper’. He was an incorrigible conman, who swindled over 300 French women, whom he met through placing adverts in the personal columns. He then seduced them and divested them of their financial assets

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  11

• Female

  17

• Total

  28

• Cast Notes

  Cast Doubling is possible. See Original Production for details.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  26 January 2004

• Production Notes

  Produced by Observatory Lane Productions

• Original Venue

  Civic Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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