 Event |
The Two Mrs Carrolls
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| Venue |
His Majesty's Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| First Date |
4 December 1940 |
| Last Date |
7 December 1940 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Amateur |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Synopsis of 1947 film version: An artist, Geoffrey Carroll, meets Sally while on a vacation in the country. They develop a romance but Carroll doesn't tell her he's already married. Suffering from mental illness, Carroll returns home, where he paints an impression of his wife as the angel of death and then promptly poisons her. He then marries Sally, but after a while he also paints Sally as the angel of death. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
Thriller
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Further Information |
This three-act play premiered in London in 1935. The playwright's real name is Margaret Wycherley.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Event Identifier |
204583 |
| Dataset |
Theatre Aotearoa |
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