In Good King Charles's Golden Days
1939 play by George Bernard Shaw / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In Good King Charles's Golden Days is a play by George Bernard Shaw, subtitled A True History that Never Happened.
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Written by | George Bernard Shaw |
Characters | Barbara Villiers Catherine of Braganza Charles II George Fox Godfrey Kneller Isaac Newton Louise de Kérouaille Nell Gwynn |
Date premiered | 12 August 1939 |
Place premiered | Malvern Festival Theatre, Worcestershire, England |
Original language | English |
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It was written in 1938-39 as an "educational history film" for film director Gabriel Pascal in the aftermath of Pygmalion's cinema triumph. The cast of the proposed film were to be sumptuously clothed in 17th century costumes, far beyond the resources of most theatre managements. However, by the time of its completion in May 1939, it had turned into a Shavian Restoration comedy.[1]
The title of the play is taken from the first line of the traditional song "The Vicar of Bray".