Basic Facts about Playhouse Creatures

Play Info

Author: April De Angelis

Language: English (No Translation)

Published: 1999

First Performed: September 1997

Play Structure

Play is broken down into 2 Acts.

There are No Scenes in these Acts however, there is a Prologue.

Running Time

The running time for this show is approximately for the all female version is 1 hr 50 min to 2 hrs.

Source 1: http://playhousecreatures.org/news/article.php?storyid=2

Source 2: http://www.theatrenetwork.org/pg/events/view/3139/playhouse-creatures

Genre

Comic Drama

Source: Samuel French, Inc.  - http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/639

Playwright Bio

 April De Angelis is a British dramatist who trained at East 15 Acting School.
De Angelis began her career in the 1980s as an actress with the Monstrous Regiment theatre company but in 1987 her play Breathless was a prize winner at the 1987 Second Wave Young Women's Writing Festival.
Her plays often feature historical figures. Playhouse Creatures and A Laughing Matter are set in the London theatrical milieu of the 17th and 18th centuries respectively. Wanderlust examines Victorian colonialism and Ironmistress is a verse play exploring Lady Charlotte Guest's factory ownership.
De Angelis tends to write to commission and several of her plays have been produced by Max Stafford-Clark’s Out of Joint theatre company.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_De_Angelis

Image source: http://www.deependtheatre.org.uk/images/0711%20Angelis.jpg

Publishing Info

The All Female cast version is published by Samuel French, Inc.

Samuel French also owns the production rights.

The 5 Female & 2 Male cast version is published Faber & Faber, Ltd.

The production rights are owned by Samuel French, Ltd (a sister company of Samuel French, Inc.)