Umbrella Courtship - The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon

As part of Barnstaple\\\'s Fringe Theatre Festival there will be three performances of Umbrella Courtship, a playlett written by William Frederick Rock, a great benefactor of the town.

Performances of this Victorian courtship drama will take place on Saturday 21st June 2014 at 7.30pm and at 8.15pm.  Alson on Sunday 22nd June 2014 at 1.30pm and 3.15pm.

Umbrella courtship is a short play written by WFR somewhere during the 1880’s; perhaps penned to give light relief from the hardships of opening the Barnstaple Athenaeum in 1888 ! The content is most certainly light, centring as it does on the contrived, yet charming, courtship, proposal and acceptance of marriage between two couples.

WFR writes the speeches of the loneliness of bachelorhood with a particular passion whilst the two women are unequivocal about their need for a husband. It is tempting to suppose that perhaps WFR had a wish that ‘Love and marriage’ were that simple.

Admission is FREE - booking must be made at the Queen's Theatre, Boutport Street, Barnstaple, North Devon, EX31 1SY. Tel: 01271 32 42 42

Brought to you by the kind permission of the North devon Athenaeum

For more information about Barnstaple's Fringe Theatre Festival go to www.theatrefest.co.uk