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When We Are Married

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  7w, 7m

J.B. Priestley

Hilarity and pandemonium break out when three long-married couples – respected pillars of society – discover that the parson who married them was not authorized to do so... meaning they have been living in sin for 25 years.

When We Are Married

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 7m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Romantic Comedy
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 1986 Olivier Award for Best Comedy
    Nominee: 2011 Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play

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Summary
Twenty-five years ago, the Helliwells, the Parkers and the Soppitts were married on the same day by the same parson. They gather at the Helliwell home to celebrate their silver wedding. The new chapel organist tells them that he recently met the parson who conducted the triple wedding ceremony – he was not authorised to do so. Pandemonium breaks out when these pillars of society believe they have been living in sin for 25 years.
History
When We Are Married was first performed at the St. Martin's Theatre, London, on October 11, 1938.
Keywords

RUBY BIRTLE
GERALD FORBES
MRS. NORTHROP
NANCY HOLMES
FRED DYSON
HENRY ORMONROYD
ALDERMAN JOSEPH HELLIWELL
MARIA HELLIWELL
COUNCILLOR ALBERT PARKER
HERBERT SOPPITT
CLARA SOPPITT
ANNIE PARKER
LOTTIE GRADY
REV. CLEMENT MERCER
MAYOR OF CLECKLEWYKE

  • Time Period 1930s
  • Features Period Costumes

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J.B. Priestley

J.B. Priestley
John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984) was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, son of a schoolmaster. He left Belle Vue School at 16 and worked in a wool office, beginning to write in his spare time. He volunteered for the army in 1914 and served throughout the First World War, surviv ...
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