Tuesday, October 15, 2024 6:30 pm PDT On Approval by Frederick Lonsdale Directed and Introduced by Ann K Lindsey

This fast-paced witty comedy, which debuted in 1926 to great acclaim, is steeped in the milieu of the roaring twenties, when women were ushering in big changes, and men were struggling to cope with them. The gossamer plot revolves around the arrangement of the droll widow Maria to spend a month with shy amiable bachelor Richard at her Scottish estate 'on approval' before agreeing to marry him. Their friends, the beautiful heiress Helen, and the dashing but penniless George, Duke of Bristol, contrive to join them. Left on their own, far from their city lives, they just might learn more about one another than expected!

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