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Heritage of Wimpole Street

Short Play, Drama  /  3w, 2m

Robert Knipe

A short play based on the family life of beloved nineteenth-century poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. After Elizabeth Browning and Robert Browning married, they left her father so bereft that he refused to see their grandson. What might have happened if Edward Moulton Barrett lived to see his grandson?

Heritage of Wimpole Street

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 2m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Suggested Use
    • UIL Approved
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior

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Summary
A short play based on the family life of beloved nineteenth-century poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. After Elizabeth Browning and Robert Browning married, they left her father so bereft that he refused to see their grandson. The play, though fiction, portrays what might have happened if Edward Moulton Barrett lived to see his grandson.
  • Features Period Costumes

Music

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

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  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Robert Knipe

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