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The House of Blue Leaves

19/2/1977

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By John Guare
Directed by Brian Deavoll

1st Season: 4 - 11 December 1976
2nd Season: ​19 February - 5 March 1977

​REPEAT SEASON DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND
SECOND SEASON EXTENDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND


Artie Shaugnessy is a songwriter with visions of glory. Toiling by day as a zookeeper, he suffers in seedy lounges by night, plying his wares at piano bars in Queens, New York, where he lives with his wife, Bananas, much to the chagrin of Artie’s downstairs mistress, Bunny Flingus, who’ll sleep with him anytime but refuses to cook until they are married. On the day the Pope is making his first visit to the city, Artie’s son Ronny goes AWOL from Fort Dix, stowing a homemade bomb intended to blow up the Pope in Yankee Stadium. Also arriving are Artie’s old school chum, now a successful Hollywood producer, Billy Einhorn, with starlet girlfriend in tow, who holds the key to Artie’s dreams of getting out of Queens and away from the life he so despises. But like many dreams, this promise of glory evaporates amid the chaos of ordinary lives.

Cast:
Artie - Arthur Chapman
Bananas - Helen White
Bunny - Jenny Papprill
Corrina - Lynne Deavoll
Billy - Brian Phillips
Ronnie - Brett Collings
Head Nun - Patricia McDonald
2nd Nun - Marg Eddington
Little Nun - Patsy Hodges
MP - Terry O'Cain
Attendant - Andrew Davidge  
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