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April de Angelis' Playhouse Creatures is a script that deals with the first five actresses on the British stage in the 1660s. It does several things well. First it is historically well-researched. Women on the stage in the 1660s and 1670s were primarily for prurient display and this play gets it right. Second, it's a good play. The stories of these women blend well and this is a much tighter play dramaturgically than the longer version with an additional actress character and two poorly conceived wits (one of them is Otway but he's a cliche). The five character version is the best and shows De Angelis' gift for tighly written dialogue and excellent plot manipulation. For theatre history as well as good dramaturgy, I receommend this play.
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Excellent and moving play
16 Nov 2004
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We're just finishing a production of this play and I can tell you first hand what a joy this play has been for us. It is a moving, funny, profound, scary, and uplifting tale of the first actresses on the English stage in the 1660s. Humorous and tragic, this play contains some of the most powerful scenes I've encountered in a very long time. Read it, see it, do it.
You won't be disappointed.
You won't be disappointed.
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