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Golden Girls | |
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Written by | Louise Page |
Golden Girls is a 1984 play by Louise Page.
Plot
Cast and characters
Character | Description | Original cast[2] | London cast |
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Josette Simon | |||
Alphonsia Emmanuel | |||
Katherine Rogers | |||
Kate Buffery | |||
Cathy Tyson | |||
Kenneth Branagh | |||
Jimmy Yuill | |||
George Raistrick | |||
Polly James | |||
Derek Crewe | |||
Norman Henry | |||
Jan Revere |
History
Golden Girls was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, directed by Barry Kyle, premiering on 20 June 1984.[2]
Background and development
The central role of a black runner drew on Simon's own experience of being an athlete; the play's author, Louise Page, later related that the play had been rewritten from an ensemble piece, as "the sheer dynamism Josette brought to the role meant that it was her journey through the play with which the audience identified".[3]
Productions and legacy
Golden Girls was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, directed by Barry Kyle, premiering on 20 June 1984.[2]
The Pit, 29 April 10 September[4]
1996 Mercury[6]
Reception
Simon Plays & Players best actress [7]
Starring as Dorcas Ableman was breakthrough role for Josette Simon.[8][3] The Financial Times reviewer Michael Coveney wrote that "The immense power and beauty of this actress is at last given proper opportunity by the RSC."[9] Ros Asquith of The Observer felt that Simon's performance was amongst the most thrilling in London.[10]
The Daily Telegraph critic Eric Shorter praised the cast's efforts but felt that the play suffered from overly slow pacing.[11]
Critical reception
"the play has intelligence and momentum"[12]
References
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jun/04/louise-page-obituary
- ^ a b c Page 1985, p. Cast list.
- ^ a b Richards 1993, p. 247.
- ^ Herbert 1986, p. 24.
- ^ https://theatricalia.com/play/gz/golden-girls
- ^ https://www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/mercury-voices/programme-for-golden-girls-by-louise-page/
- ^ https://bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk/people/josette-simon
- ^ Rogers 2022, chapter "Rosaline, RSC, 1984", search phrase "Dorcas Ableman".
- ^ Coveney, Michael (21 June 1984). "The Arts: Golden Girls/The Other Place". Financial Times. p. 23.
- ^ Asquith, Ros (12 May 1985). "Short back and throat". The Observer. p. 17.
- ^ Shorter, Eric (22 June 1984). "Athletics at a jog". The Daily Telegraph. p. 13. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ Gussow, Mel (12 August 1984). "Stratford keeps its kingly standards". The New York Times. p. 2.5.
Books
- Branagh, Kenneth (1991). Beginning. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312058225.
- Herbert, Ian, ed. (1986). "Productions of the Year 1985". London Theatre Record Index 1985. London Theatre Record. p. 24. ISBN 090794504X.
- Page, Louise (1985). Golden Girls. London: Methuen. ISBN 0413579603.
- Richards, Sandra (1993). "The Recent Actress". The Rise of the English Actress. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 230–260. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-09930-6_11. ISBN 978-1-349-09930-6.
- Rogers, Jami (2022). British Black and Asian Shakespeareans: Integrating Shakespeare, 1966–2018 (ebook ed.). London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-350-11293-3.
Journal articles
- Bartleet, Carina (2021). "Backpages 31.3". Contemporary Theatre Review. 31 (3): 364–379. doi:10.1080/10486801.2021.1935026.
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