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A Busy Day

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  7w, 7m

Fanny Burney, Alan Coveney

A Busy Day
by Fanny Burney, adapted by Alan Coveney

"Constantly engaging ... sharply observant of snobbery and the English class system ..." - Daily Telegraph

London, 1800. In the course of just one busy day we are tumbled gleefully into a world of frustrated love, mistaken identity, snobbery and d…

A Busy Day

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    7w, 7m
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London, 1800. In the course of just one busy day we are tumbled gleefully into a world of frustrated love, mistaken identity, snobbery and downright vulgar bad manners. Actor and director Alan Coveney has streamlined and clarified the original, somewhat repetitive and over-written script into a fast-moving, side-splittingly funny example of English theatrical comedy.
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  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting Various settings

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"Constantly engaging ... sharply observant of snobbery and the English class system ..." - Daily Telegraph

"an uproarious and warm-hearted comedy that lay forgotten for nearly 200 years before being unearthed" - The Independent, Read more

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Fanny Burney

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Alan Coveney

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