We Happy Few

We Happy Few

We Happy Few is a 2004 play by Imogen Stubbs. It follows a group of female actors touring Shakespeare plays round the United Kingdom during World War Two. It is based on the real-life touring group, the Osiris Players. [cite news |first=Paul |last=Barker |title=Shakespeare's sisters |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1245749,00.html |work=The Guardian |date=26 June 2004 |accessdate=2007-12-11 ] Its title quotes the St Crispin's Day speech from "Henry V".

Premiere

Originally written and performed in 2003 at Malvern Theatres, it was further developed into the play which opened in London in 2004. This London premiere was directed by Stubbs' husband Trevor Nunn at the Gielgud Theatre and starred Juliet Stevenson and Patsy Palmer. It opened on Tuesday 29 June 2004 but, though planned to run to November 2004, poor audience figures and critical or lukewarm reviews [cite news |first=Michael |last=Billington |title=Review - We Happy Few |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1254229,00.html |work=The Guardian |date=5 July 2004 |accessdate=2007-12-11 ] [cite news |first=Laurie |last=Maguire |title=Letter in response to Billington's review |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1258080,00.html
work=The Guardian |date=10 July 2004 |accessdate=2007-12-11 ] [cite news |first=Kate |last=Kellaway |title=Are you sitting uncomfortably? |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/observer/story/0,,1258361,00.html |work=The Observer |date=11 July 2004 |accessdate=2007-12-11 ] led to it closing at the end of July 2004. [cite news |first=Charlotte |last=Higgins |title=Fall in West End audiences |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1267433,00.html |work=The Guardian |date=23 July 2004 |accessdate=2007-12-11 ]

Original cast

*Juliet Stevenson - Hettie Oaks, leader of the troupe
*Marica Warren - Flora Pelmet, co-founder of the troupe
*Kate O'Mara - Helen, alcoholic children's radio presenter and frustrated actress
*Patsy Palmer - Charlotte, Cockney tomboy, latterly Rosalind's girlfriend
*Caroline Blakiston - Jocelyn, stage manager
*Paul Bentley - Reggie Pelmet, Flora's cousin
*Rosemary McHale - Gertrude, German Jewish refugee
*Adam Davy - Joseph Rosenbaum, Gertrude's son
*Cat Simmons - Ivy, Joseph's girlfriend
*Emma Darwall-Smith - Rosalind, new RADA graduate, Helen's daughter

Notes

External links

* [http://www.curtainup.com/wehappyfew.html Review of the play's premiere]


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