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TOM ADAIAR
Nationality: British
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Tom Adaiar's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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Eminent VictoriansEminent Victorians
Synopsis:
Bloomsbury meets the Carry On team. . .Four of Queen Victoria's most trusted agents (General Gordon, Cardinal Manning, Dr arnold of Rugby and Florence Nightingale) are sent to burgle the country house of Bloomsbury group hostess Lady Ottoline Morrell in order to prevent the publication of a scandalous book by bearded queen Lytton Strachey. To say that the four Victorians bungle the mission is one of the great understatements of our age.
Notes:
This is loosely based on Lytton Strachey's 1918 masterpiece. the libretto of the show was written by Tim Heath And Tom Adair, with lyrics by Tony Hume And music by Peter Lewis.
1st Produced:
the Battersea Barge, London 2002
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Genre:
drawing-room comedy with songs One act with Music
Parts:
Male: 5 Female: 2 Other: pianist
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