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'The central figures in "Handcuffs For One" are Mrs. Mainwaring, a widow, and her daughter, who are in reduced circumstances. They have a wealthy friend, Mrs. Duff-Barton, who, while on a visit to their home, shows them a costly bracelet which she has just purchased for her daughter. The play concerns itself mainly with the strange disappearance of this bracelet, all the characters in turn being accused until the mystery is eventually solved.'
Source:
'The Savoy', Sydney Morning Herald, 8 March 1930, p.21.
Notes
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Handcuffs for One, like several of Isabel Handley's other plays, continued to be a popular choice for amateur / fundraising performances throughout the 1930s.
Production Details
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Originally produced at Sydney's Savoy Theatre in early March 1930 by the Actors' Federation of Australia, part of a week-long run of comedic plays aimed to assist 'actors who have been deprived of employment through the popularity of the talkies' ('The Savoy', Sydney Morning Herald, 8 March 1930, p.21).
Producer: Mr A.C. Winn.
Cast members included Freda McGee, Alathea Siddons, Katie Towers, Connie Metters, June Carter, Grace Savierl, Agnes Doyle, Brett Randall, Richard Faire, Oswald Wenban, and Carleton Stuart.
Later produced by Melbourne's Playwriter Theatre in mid August 1930, with a repertory cast ('Celia's Letter', Table Talk, 7 August 1930, p.49).
Director: Elizabeth Apperly
Cast members included Elizabeth Apperly, Marjorie Troy, Norman Mitchell, Kathleen Salter, Mrs C. Boyce, Molly Johnstone, Bessie MacKay, Jenny Graham, Mr. R. Matthews, Mr. E. Wight, and Peter Field. (See 'Handcuffs for One', Table Talk, 14 August 1930, p.49.)
