The Lion in Love (play)
The Lion in Love | |
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Written by | Shelagh Delaney |
Date premiered | 5 September 1960 |
Place premiered | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry |
Original language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Setting | "a town in the North of England"[1] |
The Lion In Love is a 1960 play by the British dramatist
Productions
Royal Court Theatre 1960
- Cast[1]
- Noisette – Renny Lister
- Emily – Phoebe Berry
- Vanessa – Matilda Cook
- Evelyn – Isabelle Wallace
- Rachele – Adriana Hayden
- Gabrielle – Cassandra Craig
- Oakley – Angel Morris
- Nicole – Aimee Francis
- Noelle – Elianna Trevino
- Andy – John Rees
- Grace – Daisy Lewis
- Ian – Dayton Mcdowell
- Vaetild – Jude Lloyd
- Eve – Zahra Daniel
- Ulric – Jamie Roman
- Urien – Brady Middleton
- Paul – Nicholas Chambers
- Jesse – Howard Goorney
- Peg- Patricia Healey
- Banner – Kenneth Cope
- Frank – Garfield Morgan
- Kit – Patricia Burke
- Nora – Diana Coupland
- Loll – Peter Fraser
- Production[1]
- Director – Clive Barker
- Una Collins
- Producer – Wolf Mankowitz
Off-Broadway 1963
The Lion in Love had an Off-Broadway professional run in the United States in 1963.[6] The 1963 production was not a critical or popular success.[7]
Salford Arts Theatre 2014
The play had a professional revival by Eat Theatre at Salford Arts Theatre in 2014.[8]
Original reception
Response to the play was largely negative, both critically and commercially, but in retrospect it has been seen as a success by ordinary standards.
Delaney did not write again for the theatre for almost twenty years.
References
- ^ a b c d e The Lion in Love. London: Methuen & Co Ltd. 1961.
- ^ a b c Dennis Barker (22 November 2011). "Shelagh Delaney obituary: feisty playwright best known for her ground-breaking debut, A Taste of Honey". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ "Taste of Honey Playwright Shelagh Delaney dies at 71". BBC News. BBC. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Production of The Lion in Love | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ Chris Maume (22 November 2011). "Shelagh Delaney: Writer best known for her controversial first play 'A Taste of Honey'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ Simonson, Robert (22 November 2011). "Shelagh Delaney, Author of A Taste of Honey, Dies at 71". Playbill. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "Theater: It Won't Do, Luv". Time. 3 May 1963. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "SHELAGH DELANEY THE LION IN LOVE AT SALFORD ARTS THEATRE - Salford Star - with attitude & love xxx". www.salfordstar.com.
- ISBN 9781438108704– via Google Books.
- ^ Kellaway, Kate (August 25, 2019). "Tastes of Honey by Selina Todd review – illuminating life of Shelagh Delaney" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Mapplebeck, John (September 20, 2019). "Shelagh Delaney: playwright on probation - archive, 20 September 1960" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Shelagh Delaney: The Start of the Possible". The British Library.
- ^ "The House that Jack Built". June 22, 1977. p. 43 – via BBC Genome.
- ISBN 9781473545090– via Google Books.
- ^ "Shelagh Delaney Biography - eNotes.com". eNotes.
External links
- Letters between Shelagh Delaney and Joan Littlewood, 1960, British Library
- The Lion in Love at the Internet Off-Broadway Database