Ask No Questions (play) explained

Ask No Questions
Director:Doris Fitton
Setting:A private hospital
Place:Independent Theatre, Sydney
Orig Lang:English
Genre:comedy

Ask No Questions is a 1940 Australian stage play by Gwen Meredith.[1] It had an all-female cast.[2] Meredith wrote it at the request of Doris Fitton who wanted some plays without no men, because male actors were hard to get with the war on.[3]

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "a delightful comedy".[4]

The Bulletin said "There are plenty of bright new gags. Perhaps it is that the ladies are merely indulging their natural habits, but whatever the reason there’s not a false note in the whole performance."

A performance of the play was broadcast on radio in 1941.

Premise

A jealous, neurotic wife of a brilliant surgeon suspects every woman who meets her husband of being his mistress.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Gwen Meredith . . XXXVII . 11,308 . New South Wales, Australia . 6 January 1945 . 12 September 2023 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Theatre's First Anniversary . . V . 140 . New South Wales, Australia . 2 September 1940 . 12 September 2023 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: No Men To Act On Amateur Stage . . V . 299 . New South Wales, Australia . 6 March 1941 . 12 September 2023 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: New Comedy. . . 32,036 . New South Wales, Australia . 2 September 1940 . 12 September 2023 . 3 . National Library of Australia.