Dion Boucicault, the Irish genius of London theatre in the age of Dickens, wrote the brilliantly funny London Assurance in 1841 and thereby created, in Sir Harcourt and Lady Spanker, two of the great comic roles of the English stage, played at the National Theatre by Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw.

London Assurance Reviews

The dialogue is both funny and flavorsome, helped along here by a few excellent new jokes added by Richard Bean.-Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph Tickled up with new jokes by farmer's son and stand-up turned-playwright Richard Bean, both the countryside and play are even funnier than when this play was written in 1841.-Georgina Brown, Mail on Sunday
The dialogue is both funny and flavorsome, helped along here by a few excellent new jokes added by Richard Bean. Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph Tickled up with new jokes by farmer's son and stand-up turned-playwright Richard Bean, both the countryside and play are even funnier than when this play was written in 1841. Georgina Brown, Mail on Sunday

About Dion Boucicault

RICHARD BEAN is a prolific playwright and former stand up comedian. His first full-length play Of Rats and Men, was mounted at the Canal Cafe Theatre in 1996 and went on to the Edinburgh Festival. He adapted it for BBC Radio where it was nominated for a Sony Award. He also won the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2005: Best New Play for his play Harvest.

Additional information

Sku

NLS9781840029994

ISBN 13

9781840029994

ISBN 10

1840029994

Title

London Assurance by Dion Boucicault

Author

Dion Boucicault

Series

Oberon Modern Plays

Condition

New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Year published

2010-06-01

Number of pages

100

Prizes

N/A

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