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Public Eye, The

  • Peter Shaffer
  • Short Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 2M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573122197

"Delightful...are deftly contrived, cheerfully entertaining."

N.Y. Herald Tribune

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
Charles and Belinda are an ill-assorted couple yet they were once in love. Insanely jealous, Charles engages a private eye, Julian, to follow her round London. Julian can only report that she is attached to someone. When the three meet it transpires that Belinda has fallen for Julian. Deciding to mend a marriage, rather than break it, Julian banishes Belinda to her wanderings but this time to be followed by Charles.

REVIEWS:

"Delightful... are deftly contrived, cheerfully entertaining."

 N.Y. Herald Tribune

Premiere Production: The Public Eye was produced together with The Private Ear by H.M. Tennent Ltd at the Globe Theatre, London, on the 10th May, 1962.
  • Casting: 2M, 1F

  • CHARLES SIDLEY - a chartered accountant
    BELINDA SIDLEY - his wife
    JULIAN CRISTOFOROU
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    Charles and Belinda are an ill-assorted couple yet they were once in love. Insanely jealous, Charles engages a private eye, Julian, to follow her round London. Julian can only report that she is attached to someone. When the three meet it transpires that Belinda has fallen for Julian. Deciding to mend a marriage, rather than break it, Julian banishes Belinda to her wanderings but this time to be followed by Charles.

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