Charley's Aunt

E852713

farce stage play

Charley's Aunt is an 1892 farce by Brandon Thomas, famous for its cross-dressing disguise plot and enduring popularity on the English-speaking stage.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Charley's Aunt (play)	1
Charley’s Aunt	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	farce ⓘ stage play ⓘ
adaptedAs	musicals ⓘ silent films ⓘ sound films ⓘ television productions ⓘ
author	Brandon Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfFirstPerformance	1892 ⓘ
firstPerformedCentury	19th century ⓘ
genre	farce ⓘ
hasActStructure	three acts ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Charley's Aunt (1925 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Charley's Aunt (1930 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Charley's Aunt (1941 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Charley's Aunt (1956 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Charley's Aunt (German film adaptations) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacter	Amy Spettigue NERFINISHED ⓘ Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez NERFINISHED ⓘ Kitty Verdun NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Francis Chesney NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Spettigue NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Charley Wykeham NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Chesney NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Fancourt Babberley NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later cross-dressing stage comedies ⓘ
isPartOf	British theatrical canon ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableFeature	cross-dressing disguise plot ⓘ enduring popularity on the English-speaking stage ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ
notableFor	fast-paced comic situations ⓘ use of disguise and deception ⓘ
notableRun	record-breaking long run in the West End in the 1890s ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance	Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereLocation	Bury St Edmunds NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	romantic entanglements ⓘ social conventions of Victorian England ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork	Victorian era ⓘ
transferredToTheatre	Royalty Theatre, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalProductionVenue	amateur dramatic societies ⓘ repertory theatres ⓘ touring companies ⓘ
writer	Brandon Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfWork	1892 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Where's Charley? → adaptationOf → Charley's Aunt ⓘ

Where's Charley? (stage musical) → adaptationOf → Charley's Aunt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charley's Aunt (play)

Where's Charley? → basedOn → Charley's Aunt ⓘ

Where's Charley? (1952 film) → basedOn → Charley's Aunt ⓘ

Where's Charley? (stage musical) → basedOn → Charley's Aunt ⓘ

Where's Charley? (1952 film) → notableCharacter → Charley's Aunt ⓘ

Laird Cregar → notableWork → Charley's Aunt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charley’s Aunt