| By Joseph Kesselring Directed by Tom Vavasour Season: 28 Sep - 5 Oct 2002 A clever combination of the farcical and the macabre, centring on two elderly sisters who are famous in their Brooklyn neighbourhood for their numerous acts of charity. Unfortunately, however, their charity includes poisoning lonely old men who come to their home looking for lodging. The two women are assisted in their crimes by their mentally challenged nephew who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and who frequently blasts a bugle and yells "charge" as he bounds up the stairs. Matters get complicated when a second nephew, a theatre critic, discovers the murders and a third nephew appears after having just escaped from a mental institution. In his adroit mixture of comedy and mayhem, Kesselring satirises the charitable impulse as he pokes fun at the conventions of the theatre. Cast: Abby - Marilyn Ollett Martha - Trish Purcell Teddy - Julian Southgate Mortimer - Stephen Austin Jonathan - Miles Dalton Einstein - Frank Mars Elaine - Melanie Camp Dr Harper - Phillip Beale Brophy - Chris Saggers Klein - Jeff Clark Mr Gibbs - Warren Grenfell O'Hara - Andrew Johnson Rooney - Warren Grenfell Witherspoon - Pat Dowman |  |
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