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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
By Oscar Wilde
Adapted by Constance Cox
Directed by Malcolm Brown
13 - 20 July 2019
This is an out and out comedy in the traditions of Jeeves & Wooster, Carry On . . and Frasier but it has a darker comical element (hence the earlier reference to Fargo) with the hapless Lord Arthur foretold to perpetrate a murder. “I would commit this crime before our marriage, so that no shadow of infamy or disgrace should fall across our married life . . “ There follows a series of bungled attempts made funnier by the intervention of an hilarious anarchist who is totally inept, the whole causing constant delaying of Arthur's wedding.
Originally a short story by Oscar Wilde published in 1887, it was adapted into a play in 1963 by Constance Cox who was one of the first to write adaptations for BBC Television.
This Chesil version is set only twenty five years after Cox's 1890s version so the upper class mores illustrated by Wilde are still relevant but with the added fun of the Roaring Twenties.
The performance is a marathon for the actor playing Lord Arthur as he is onstage for most of the play, followed closely by Baines. The other parts are fun characterisations of stereotypical toffs and weirdos. It should all be a hoot.
The cast comprises 5 men, 5 women.
In order of appearance . .
Baines, the butler (45/55): urbane, intelligent, a little pompous, Jeeves.
Lord Arthur (Not yet 30): upper class twit. More Tim-Nice-But-Dim than Bertie Wooster.
Sybil Merton, his fiancé (19/25): Posh Totty as Tim-N-B-D might describe her.
The Dean Of Paddington (65/75): forgetful old toff cleric.
Lady Windermere (40/50): Arthur's vivacious aunt Margaret.
Lady Clementina Beauchamp (60/70): Arthur's other aunt, gently mischievous.
Lady Julia Merton, Sybil's mother (45/55): might be mistaken for Lady Bracknell.
Mr Podgers, a cheiromantist (45/75): unctuous fraudster.
Nellie, the maid (20/30): almost innocent, helpful.
Herr Winkelkopf, an anarchist (35/60): enthusiastic,comedic,bungling caricature.
As with most auditions at the Chesil the balance of auditionees' ages will be a factor in determining casting as well as those performance skills demonstrated.
By Oscar Wilde
Adapted by Constance Cox
Directed by Malcolm Brown
13 - 20 July 2019
This is an out and out comedy in the traditions of Jeeves & Wooster, Carry On . . and Frasier but it has a darker comical element (hence the earlier reference to Fargo) with the hapless Lord Arthur foretold to perpetrate a murder. “I would commit this crime before our marriage, so that no shadow of infamy or disgrace should fall across our married life . . “ There follows a series of bungled attempts made funnier by the intervention of an hilarious anarchist who is totally inept, the whole causing constant delaying of Arthur's wedding.
Originally a short story by Oscar Wilde published in 1887, it was adapted into a play in 1963 by Constance Cox who was one of the first to write adaptations for BBC Television.
This Chesil version is set only twenty five years after Cox's 1890s version so the upper class mores illustrated by Wilde are still relevant but with the added fun of the Roaring Twenties.
The performance is a marathon for the actor playing Lord Arthur as he is onstage for most of the play, followed closely by Baines. The other parts are fun characterisations of stereotypical toffs and weirdos. It should all be a hoot.
The cast comprises 5 men, 5 women.
In order of appearance . .
Baines, the butler (45/55): urbane, intelligent, a little pompous, Jeeves.
Lord Arthur (Not yet 30): upper class twit. More Tim-Nice-But-Dim than Bertie Wooster.
Sybil Merton, his fiancé (19/25): Posh Totty as Tim-N-B-D might describe her.
The Dean Of Paddington (65/75): forgetful old toff cleric.
Lady Windermere (40/50): Arthur's vivacious aunt Margaret.
Lady Clementina Beauchamp (60/70): Arthur's other aunt, gently mischievous.
Lady Julia Merton, Sybil's mother (45/55): might be mistaken for Lady Bracknell.
Mr Podgers, a cheiromantist (45/75): unctuous fraudster.
Nellie, the maid (20/30): almost innocent, helpful.
Herr Winkelkopf, an anarchist (35/60): enthusiastic,comedic,bungling caricature.
As with most auditions at the Chesil the balance of auditionees' ages will be a factor in determining casting as well as those performance skills demonstrated.
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