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Lonsdale: Plays One
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Lonsdale: Plays One
Frederick Lonsdale
Drama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Includes the plays Aren’t We All?, The Last of Mrs Cheney, On Approval, Canaries Sometimes Sing
Edited and introduced by Clifford Williams A new edition preserving these witty and sophisticated society comedies written in the 1920s, when Lonsdale was at the height of his popularity in the West End, Broadway and throughout the repertory circuit. The Last of Mrs Cheney, in which the maid in a gang of burglar-servants gives up her criminal career to marry into aristocracy, is the best known of Lonsdale’s plays.
Born in Jersey, he was known for his witty and sophisticated society comedies. He collaborated on operettas, including Maid of the Mountains (1916).
| Publication Date: | 01 April 2000 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Imprint: | Oberon Books |
| ISBN-13: | 9781840020731 |
| Format: | Paperback softback |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Weight (oz): | 13.76 |