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Woman is a Weathercock

Nathan Field

Length
2 h 8 min
Chapters
5
Language
English
Genre
Comedy
First published
1828

A Woman is a Weathercock is the first play by the former child star of the Jacobean stage, Nathan Field. The action takes place over a single day in London. A number of suitors vie over Sir John Worldly's three daughters: Bellafront, Katherine, and Lucida. These include the short-tempered soldier, Captain Pouts; the poetical buffoon, Sir Abraham Ninny; and the rich merchant, Strange. Quick-witted Nevill orchestrates multiple sham marriages and young Scudmore plans to elope with Bellafront, while the pregnant Mistress Wagtail seeks any husband who will have her. Summary by Rob Board

Cast

Narrator: Bhavya

Sir Abraham Ninny: Tomas Peter

Pendant: Aaron White

Scudmore: ToddHW

Strange: Hamlet

Captain Pouts: Adrian Stephens

Count Frederick: Jim Locke

Nevill: Rob Marland

Sir John Worldly: Larry Wilson

Sir Innocent Ninny: Josh Kibbey

Mistress Wagtail: Beth Thomas

Bellafront: Sonia

Katherine: Leanne Yau

Lucida: Campbell Schelp

Lady Ninny: foon

Servingman 1: MajorToast

Servingman 2: Hannoria

Boy: Stoofy

Page: ScarlettG

Tailor, Bowlers, Parson: Elsie Selwyn

Edited by Rob Marland

Chapters

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