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Charley's Aunt is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The story centres on Lord Fancourt Babberley, an undergraduate whose friends Jack and Charley persuade him to impersonate the latter's aunt.
Donna Lucia, the aunt, is late, and their friend, Lord Fancourt Babberley (Babbs) shows up in drag. He is convinced to pretend to be Donna Lucia, and a wild afternoon of mistaken identity, young love, old love, angry uncles, and one beautiful, exotic aunt ensues.
Jack Chesney loves Kitty Verdun and Charley loves Miss Amy Spettigue. They invite the ladies to meet Charley's wealthy aunt from Brazil, "where the nuts come from". Cancelling her visit at the last minute, the millionaire aunt sends the boys into cataclysmic confusion. What do they do now? The prob…
I am Charley's aunt from Brazil, where the nuts come from. (JACK pushes LORD FANCOURT, who falls against SPETTIGUE. LORD FANCOURT tries to turn the fall into an awkward curtsy--then turns furiously to JACK.)
Jack Chesney and Charley Wykeham are undergraduates at Oxford University in love, respectively, with Kitty Verdun and Amy Spettigue. Charley receives word that his aunt, Donna Lucia d’Alvadorez, a rich widow from Brazil whom he has never met, is coming to visit him.
Jan 20, 2020 · Charley's aunt : a play in three acts. by. Thomas, Brandon, 1856-1914. Publication date. 1934. Topics. University of Oxford -- Drama, University of Oxford, Plays -- 19th century, Play -- 1891-1900. Publisher.
Jan 18, 2022 · Charley's Aunt 1941 (Comedy) Jack Benny, Kay Francis & Anne Baxter. DK Classics III. 57.9K subscribers.
Synopsis: Charley's Aunt. Jack Chesney and Charley Wykeham, two undergraduates at Oxford University, are in love–Jack with Kitty Verdun, ward of Stephen Spettigue the Oxford solicitor, and Charley with Amy Spettigue, the solicitor’s niece.
Charley's Aunt is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The story centres on Lord Fancourt Babberley, an undergraduate whose friends Jack and Charley persuade him to impersonate the latter's aunt.
Sep 4, 2021 · Brandon Thomas Charley's Aunt. The Saturday Play: Charley's Aunt. Sat 23rd Dec 2000, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM. Brandon Thomas's energetic farce in three acts- adapted by Jonathan Hall - is performed in front of a packed audience at Manchester Grammar School.
