Dec 19, 2009

The Oxford Dictionary of Plays | Alfie

Alfie

Author: Bill Naughton

First Performance: 1963, London

Published: 1963

Genre: Drama in 3 acts

Setting: London, 1960s

Cast: 9m, 9f

Alfie is a carefree, chirpy Cockney, whose main aim in life is to seduce as many women as he can, treating the audience to slick comments as he enters on to each new conquest. He has an affair with Siddie, a sophisticated and attractive married woman, who is attracted by Alfie's rough boyish charm. Less challenging is Gilda, a submissive girl who is easily available. Then there is Annie, whom he picks up in a motorway service station, and Ruby, a rich older woman. When Gilda becomes pregnant, Alfie, horrified at the thought of emotional commitment, is relieved when she marries her long-standing boyfriend Humphrey. But he becomes attached to the child and has to be sent away by...

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The Oxford Dictionary of Plays | Alfie

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