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Charley's Aunt

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w, 6m

Brandon Thomas

Jack Chesney loves Kitty Verdun and Charley loves Miss Amy Spettigue. They invite the ladies to meet Charley's wealthy aunt from Brazil, "where the nuts come from". Cancelling her visit at the last minute, the millionaire aunt sends the boys into cataclysmic confusion. What do they do now? The prob…

Charley's Aunt

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 6m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Suggested Use
    • Cutting Approved for Competition
    • UIL Approved
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Jack Chesney loves Kitty Verdun and Charley loves Miss Amy Spettigue. They invite the ladies to meet Charley's wealthy aunt from Brazil, "where the nuts come from". Cancelling her visit at the last minute, the millionaire aunt sends the boys into cataclysmic confusion. What do they do now? The problem is solved by drafting their feckless Oxford undergrad pal into a black satin skirt, bloomers and wig. As "Charley's Aunt", this charming frump is introduced to the ladies, to Jack's father and to Stephen Spettigue, Amy's guardian. When the real aunt turns up, classic comic confusion ensues as Fancourt Babberley, posing as "Charley's Aunt", tricks Spettigue into agreeing to the marriage of his ward, the real aunt marries Jack's father, Jack gets Miss Verdun, and Fanny Babs regains the fortune he lost at gambling as well as the girl he loves.
History
Charley's Aunt was first produced at the Royalty Theatre in London on October 21, 1892. It premiered in New York City at the Standard Theatre on October 2, 1894.
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Performing Groups
COLONEL SIR FRANCIS CHESNEY, BART
STEPHEN SPETTIGUE - solicitor at Oxford
JACK CHESNEY - undergraduate at St. Olde's College, Oxford
CHARLEY WYKEHAM - undergraduate at St. Olde's College, Oxford
LORD FANCOURT BABBERLEY - undergraduate at St. Olde's College, Oxford
BRASSETT - a college scout
DONNA LUCIA D'ALVADOREZ - from Brasil
AMY SPETTIGUE - Stephen Spettigue's neice
KITTY VERDUN - Stephen Spettigue's ward
ELA DELAHAY - an orphan
  • Time Period Victorian (British and American), 19th Century
  • Setting Commemoration Week, Oxford, 1892
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Drag Performance

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  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)

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