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After the Ball

Full-Length Musical, Drama  /  6w, 6m

Book, Lyrics, and Music by Noel Coward
Based on Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan
Edited from the original version and with additional material by Barry Day

This concert version of the Noël Coward musical based on Oscar Wilde's classic play premiered at the Covent Garden Festival and the Chicago Humanities Festival to honor Noël Coward in his Centenary Year. The young Lady Windermere discovers that her husband has been seeing Mrs. Erlynne...

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 6m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Period, Romantic Comedy
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
After the Ball

Details

Summary

This concert version of the Noël Coward musical based on Oscar Wilde's classic play premiered at the Covent Garden Festival and the Chicago Humanities Festival to honor Noël Coward in his Centenary Year. The young Lady Windermere discovers that her husband has been seeing Mrs. Erlynne, a fascinating older woman, so she determines to run away with her admirer, Lord Darlington. Her honor is saved when Mrs. Erlynne intervenes and, in the process, compromises herself in the eyes of Victorian society. Lady Windermer never learns that her savior is the mother she thought was dead. This period concert version restores Coward's original libretto, reinstates important cut songs and adds new linking material.

History

After the Ball was first performed at the Covent Garden Festival on May 27th, 1999 at the Peacock Theatre in London. It was directed by Paul Curran. It was first performed in the United States at the Chicago Humanities Festival on November 13, 1999 in the Auditorium Theatre. 

DUCHESS OF BERWICK
LADY WINDERMERE
LORD WINDERMERE
LORD DARLINGTON
LADY AGATHA - the Duchess' daughter
MR. HOPPER
MR. DUMBY
MR. CECIL GRAHAM
LORD AUGUSTUS
LADY JEDBURGH
LADY STUTFIELD
LADY PLYMDALE
PARKER - the butler
  • Time Period 1900-1910, Victorian (British and American)
  • Setting Turn of the century. Lord and Lady Windermere's London townhouse in near Hyde Park.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 105 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Musical Style Classic Broadway
  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Orchestra Size Medium
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

Licensing & Materials

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19 Piano-Vocal

1 Flute/Piccolo
1 Clarinet 1
1 Clarinet 2
1 Bass Clarinet
1 Horn 1
1 Horn 2
1 Trumpet 1
1 Trumpet 2
1 Harp
1 Drums
1 Guitar
1 Violin A (Concert Master)
1 Violin B
1 Violin C
1 Viola
1 Cello
1 Bass 1
1 Bass 2
19 Piano-Vocal

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Authors

Noël Coward

Noël Peirce Coward was born in 1899 and made his professional stage debut as Prince Mussel in The Goldfish at the age of 12, leading to many child actor appearances over the next few years. His breakthrough in playwriting was the controversial The Vortex (1924), which feature ...

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Author

Barry Day

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was born in Dublin to Sir William Wilde and his wife Jane. While studying at Oxford, he was fascinated by the aesthetic movement and eventually became a proponent for L'art pour l'art ("Art for Art's Sake") and wrote the award-winning poem "Ravenna." U ...

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