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Coming to
THE NORWICH PUPPET THEATRE
Friday March 14th & Saturday March 15th 2008
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
To book, contact Jim Blythe on 07791-880209
or Luke Fairweather on 07792-884821
After the recent success of Happy Ever After,
The Laughing Monkey Company return to the
Norwich Puppet Theatre to perform this stage
farce from the pen of acclaimed playwright,
Alan Bennett.
A Surgery in Hove, Brighton during the 1960s.
GP Dr Arthur Wicksteed and his wife Muriel,
seemingly trapped in a dead marriage, plan
secret liaisons with, respectively, Felicity
Rumpers and Sir Percy Shorter. At the same
time Felicity, nursing a dreadful secret, takes
a shine to the Wicksteed’s hypochondriac son,
Dennis; while Sir Percy falls for the
(somewhat false) charms of Wicksteed’s
sister Connie, who seeks an escape from her
miserable engagement to rector, Canon
Throbbing. All-seeing char Mrs Swabb
watches on as the lustful motives of her
employers spiral out of control. Could this be
what they mean by the permissive society?
Cast & Crew Biographies for Habeas Corpus
Rehearsal Gallery for Habeas Corpus
Publicity Photographs for Habeas Corpus
CURRENT CAST |
|
Arthur Wicksteed |
TONY STONE |
Muriel Wicksteed |
CAROL ROWELL |
Mrs Swabb |
PAUL ALLUM |
Dennis Wicksteed |
LUKE FAIRWEATHER |
Constance Wicksteed |
MELANIE CUBITT |
Canon Throbbing |
JIM BLYTHE |
Sir Percy Shorter |
ALAN BROWNE |
Lady Rumpers |
LYNSEY WALTON |
Felicity Rumpers |
SALLY CLARKE |
Mr Shanks |
CHRIS BAKER |
Mr Purdue |
TYM DARTNALL |
PRODUCTION |
Director | JIM BLYTHE |
Producers |
JIM BLYTHE & |
Prompt |
STEPHEN WINGROVE |
Stage Manager |
MARTIN HEAD |
Sound Manager |
ANDY BOSTON |
Lighting Manager |
ANNA STUBBINGS |
Publicity Photographer |
MICHAEL JONES |
Costumes |
DIANE GOLDSMITH |
Stage Crew |
SAM PRESTON & |
Alan Bennett’s first stage play, Forty Years On, was produced in 1968. He has since worked as writer, actor, director and broadcaster for stage, television, radio and film. His screenplays include Long Shot, A Private Function, The Secret Policeman’s Ball, The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball, Prick Up Your Ears, Little Dorrit and The Madness of King George. Among his plays are Sing a Rude Song, Getting On, The Old Country, Enjoy, Kafka’s Dick, A Visit from Miss Prothero, Single Spies (An Englishman Abroad and A Question of Attribution), The Wind in the Willows, The Madness of George III and Talking Heads.
This amateur production of HABEAS CORPUS is performed by kind permission of Samuel French Ltd.