Peapack-Gladstone — With a dastardly villain worthy of the most spirited hisses and boos and a hero and heroine who will win the hearts of the audience as well as each other, the Peapack Players return to Peapack Reformed Church this month, this time with Caught in the Villain’s Web. The comedy, to be […]
Melodrama has never gotten much respect and yet, with the movies and television, it is more popular today that it was a hundred years ago when it dominated the legitimate stage. Arthur Hobson Quinn, who 50 years ago wrote the definitive History of the American Drama, noted that American melodrama of the 19th century […]
Tickets for all five performances of Caught in the Villain’s Web may be purchased as follows:
Friday, October 18, 8pm
Opening Night Benefit Performance
for Peapack-Gladstone Public Library
All seats $25.00
May be purchased in advance at the Library or at the Door on the evening of the performance.
Saturday, October 19, 8pm
Thursday, October 24, 8pm
Friday, October 25, 8pm
Saturday, October […]
The melodrama Caught in the Villain’s Web includes adult parts for four men and six women in a range of ages. All ten characters are described below, along with a number in parentheses giving an approximate number of lines for each role. Ages and physical descriptions, where noted, are approximate.
Felicity Fair (152)
Our persecuted heroine, […]