The Folly of It

The Folly of It
Written by	Sumner Locke Elliott W. Greville Spencer
Date premiered	December 7, 1938 (1938-12-07)
Place premiered	Independent Theatre, Sydney
Original language	English
Genre	revue

The Folly of It is a 1938 Australian revue by Sumner Locke Elliott and W. Greville Spencer which debuted at the Independent Theatre in Sydney. It was one of the first theatrical works from Elliott. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "Very much in the Noel Coward mode" where "Highlights of the performance were a number of clever burlesques on recent successful plays and novels." ^[5]

References

1. "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 31, 503. New South Wales, Australia. 20 December 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 5 March 2025– via National Library of Australia.
2. "INDEPENDENT THEATRE". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 31, 501. New South Wales, Australia. 17 December 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 5 March 2025– via National Library of Australia.
3. "Around The Shows". The Daily Telegraph . Vol. III, no. 221. New South Wales, Australia. 5 December 1938. p. 10 (Home Magazine and Film News). Retrieved 5 March 2025– via National Library of Australia.
4. Clarke, Sharon (1995). Sumner Locke Elliott: writing life. University of Woollongong. p. 216.
5. "PLAY'S NOEL COWARD FLAVOR". The Daily Telegraph . Vol. III, no. 233. New South Wales, Australia. 19 December 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 5 March 2025– via National Library of Australia.

External links

• The Folly of It an Ausstage