Golden Girls (play)

Golden Girls is a 1984 play by Louise Page that was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and was first performed at The Other Place, premiering on 20 June 1984, directed by Barry Kyle.

Although Page's writing received a mixed critical reception, Kyle's direction was generally praised, and Josette Simon's performance as Dorcas Ableman was acclaimed.

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[4] Author Louise Page later reflected that writing Golden Girls, with a cast twice the size of what she had previously written, "was quite difficult ...

[10] Golden Girls was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, directed by Barry Kyle, premiering on 20 June 1984.

[2] Kit Surrey was the designer, costumes were by Allan Watkins, music was by Ilona Sekacz, and lighting was by Wayne Dowdeswell.

[18] It was directed by Vanessa Whitburn and included Angela Wynter as Dorcas, Terry Molloy as Bassett, and Berger, Emmanuel and Yuill reprising their roles from the stage versions.

"[10] Page's writing of Golden Girls received a mixed critical reception, while the response to Kyle's direction was largely positive.

[4] The Daily Telegraph critic Eric Shorter praised the cast's efforts but felt that the play suffered from overly slow pacing,[29] while Mel Gussow of The New York Times wrote that "the play has intelligence and momentum"[30] Sheridan Morley of Punch, The Mail on Sunday's Nicholas de Jongh, and Gussow commended the interplay of multiple themes.

[33] Golden Girls was one of twelve nominees for the 1985 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for a woman playwright writing in English.