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GLORIOUS!

By Peter Quilter

Performed May 2021

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Hilarious comedy of the worst singer in the world In 1940's New York, the performer who everyone wanted to see live was Florence Foster Jenkins, an enthusiastic soprano whose pitch was far from perfect. Known as 'the first lady of the sliding scale', she warbled and screeched her way through the evening to an audience who mostly fell about with laughter. But this delusional and joyously happy woman paid little attention to her critics, instead she was surrounded by a circle of devoted friends who were almost as eccentric as she was.

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Based upon a true story, the play spins from Florence's charity recitals and extravagant balls, through to her bizarre recording sessions and an ultimate triumph at Carnegie Hall in this hilarious and heart-warming comedy. 

DIRECTED BY:

Ruth Jordon and Howard Oxley

CAST:

FLORENCE - Polyanna Forshaw

DOROTHY - Margaret Holdom

ST CLAIR - Stephen McLaren

COSME - Patrick Wells

MRS VERRINDER-GEDGE - Ruth Crawley

MARIA - Ruth Jordon

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