Love and Lunacy: A Satirical Comedy in Three Acts
Title | Love and Lunacy: A Satirical Comedy in Three Acts |
Year for Search | 1955 |
Authors | Philp, Peter(1920-2006) |
Date Published | 1955 |
Publisher | J. Garnet Miller |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | Male author, Welsh author |
Annotation | The three acts take place in Atlantis in the remote past, on an island in the near future, and on Luna and Earth in the remote future. Atlantis is vaguely utopian, but, in the play, it is primarily the setting for a "peace conference" among the major powers of the time, which ends with Zeus's destruction of Atlantis. The second and third acts are dystopian, with another failed peace conference followed by an authoritarian regime on the moon. The play ends with the death of the dictator. |
Info Notes | Play first performed March 16, 1954, at the Highbury Little Theatre, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England. The first professional performance was by The New Drama Group during the 1954 Edinburgh International Festival. |
Holding Institutions | O |
Author Note | Welsh author (1920-2006). |
Full Text | 1955 Philp, Peter (1920-2006). Love and Lunacy: A Satirical Comedy in Three Acts. London: J. Garnet Miller. Play first performed March 16, 1954, at the Highbury Little Theatre, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England. The first professional performance was by The New Drama Group during the 1954 Edinburgh International Festival. O The three acts take place in Atlantis in the remote past, on an island in the near future, and on Luna and Earth in the remote future. Atlantis is vaguely utopian, but, in the play, it is primarily the setting for a “peace conference” among the major powers of the time, which ends with Zeus’s destruction of Atlantis. The second and third acts are dystopian, with another failed peace conference followed by an authoritarian regime on the moon. The play ends with the death of the dictator. |