an audio recording ~ at the kouros gallery, nyc ny ~ on sunday, october 2nd 2011
director ~ temi rose
assistant director ~ betty howe
recording scene by scene on youtube
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a woman of no importance was first produced by Mr H Beerbohm Tree at the haymarket theatre in london on april 19th 1893 he played lord illingworth by ross hewitt |
Mrs Beerbohm Tree, Helen Maud Holt played mrs allonby by temi rose |
Mrs Bernard (Fanny Mary) Beere played mrs arbuthnot |
played gerald arbuthnot |
played Hester Worsley by lisa adams |
Fred Terry and Julia Nielson |
played lady hunstanton |
played lady caroline |
played sir john by jerry rodgers |
played the venerable archdeacon daubeny, dd. by don brennan |
played lord alfred rufford |
Miss Blanche Horlock played lady stutfield |
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from literary connections: 'It cannot by ladies be regarded as a play of no importance'
Miss Julia Neilson's [Hester] first dress was delightful in colouring, for in the folds of her shot moiré all the tints of the opal seemed playing hide-and-seek. The skirt was plain and bell-shaped, and over the close-fitting bodice fell a deep frill of finely pleated crape. Her next dress, of white satin, was entirely veiled by silver-spangled tulle. In itself the dress, glistening and shimmering with every movement, was pretty, but somehow seemed hardly suited to the stately, puritanical Hester Worsley. Her last costume, 1830 in style, was of pinky yellow glacé silk. Miss Blanche Horlock's dresses were early Victorian - one of réséda satin with a berthe of thick cream guipure was especially graceful. Miss Le Thiere's violet velvet gown was an ideal dress for an elderly woman. |