A Harlequinade
Title: A Harlequinade
Genre: Light comedy
Location: Coronet Theatre, Broadway
Plot: A light comic romp about the backstage antics of two middle-aged Shakespearean husband and wife actors (Maurice Evans and Edna Best) playing Romeo and Juliet in the English provinces.
date: 31 October 1949
Playwright: Terence Rattigan
Director: Peter Glenville
Settings & lighting: Frederick Stower
Costumes: David Flolkes
Presenters: Maurice Evans in association with Stephen Mitchell
Cast: Edna Best, Maurice Evans, Ron Randell, Bertha Belmore, Louis Hector
Notes: (i) Harleqinade was performed as a secondary play to the short play The Browning Version. (ii) The play was launched the week commencing Monday 31st October 1949 with matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays.
