Elmwood Players
Check out our facebook page
  • Home
  • 75th Anniversary
  • News
  • Programme
  • Bookings
  • Membership
  • Auditions
  • Archive
    • Scrapbook
    • The First 50 Years
    • The Next 50 Years
  • Policy
    • Covid
    • Harassment Policy
  • Contact

Arsenic and Old Lace

28/9/2002

0 Comments

 
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
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Scrapbook

    Here you can find photos and information about Elmwood's past productions.

    Categories

    All
    1940s
    1950s
    1960s
    1970s
    1980s
    1990s
    2000s
    2010s
    2020s
    Comedy
    Drama
    Kidz Theatre
    Musical
    Short Plays
    Theatre Restaurant

Proudly powered by Weebly