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Issue 44 - May 2008

GOING WILDE

RECENT, CURRENT & FORTHCOMING PRODUCTIONS

This page covers Wilde and Wilde-related theatre productions, compiled from material gathered by the Editorial team. Hitherto we have been content merely to have a historical record, and while this logging of productions will continue, we plan to introduce more coverage. Our American Theatre Editor, Dr Tiffany Perala (Marylhurst University) has taken up other work within our group, and is succeeded by Dr Patricia Flanagan Behrendt. Until her early retirement Pat Behrendt was a Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, specialising in History and Theory. She is the author of Oscar Wilde : Eros and Aesthetics (Palgrave Macmillan 1991).

French productions are chiefly covered in our sister publication, rue des beaux arts

Coverage of other productions of fin-de-siècle interest, previously on this page under the heading ‘Beyond the Wilderness’, are now to be found on our new Theatre page, UPSTAGE.

We hope readers will help provide information. Productions are given as a rolling list, new ones being added each month, old ones being removed after a period of exposure.

We are also planning a scenography of productions. This will be an immense task, and probably will never be completed. A start is now made with Romanian and Greek scenographies. Click the sunflower.

ANNOUNCEMENT

A conference is being held at the Université de Lille III on ‘Théâtres français et irlandais: influences et interactions /
French and Irish Theatres : Influences and interactions’, 13th and 14th June 2008. The opening address is by Pascal Aquien on ‘Sardoodledom revisited, or a few trivial remarks about Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband (1895), and Julie Vatain is giving a paper on ‘Face to face in word and translation: playing with words and playing with accents in two scenes by Oscar Wilde and G. B. Shaw’. For the full programme, see www.irishtheatricaldiaspora.org.

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Canada		Malta
England		Mexico
France		Peru
Germany		Spain
Ireland		Switzerland
Italy		The United States of America
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CANADA

Stephen & Mr. Wilde

Hart House Theatre, Toronto.

Directed by Martin Hunter
Design by Martha Mann
Lighting Design by Aaron Kelly
Original Music by Marc Desormeaux

28th February 2008 – 8th March 2008

Stephen & Mr. Wilde by Jim Bartley premiered in 1993 at Persephone Theatre, Saskatoon, directed by Bill Glassco. It has been produced in cities across Canada.

The story of Stephen & Mr. Wilde spans 24 hours in the late spring of 1882, in Toronto, during Oscar Wilde’s North American lecture tour. The play explores the societal divide between the leader of the British ‘Æsthetic Movement’, Oscar Wilde, and his black American valet, Stephen Davenport. This production, like the 1995 Toronto premiere is directed by Martin Hunter, who also directed a 2000 Stratford Festival co-production with CBC Radio.

‘But Canadians seem quite tolerant, generally.’
– Oscar Wilde (Stephen & Mr. Wilde, Scene 1)

Oscar Wilde	Jonathan Schuster
Stephen Davenport	Drew Ngomba
Edward Hawthorne	Thomas Gough
William Sweet	Luke Slade
Louise	Roxann Lee
Nancy	Anna Wiesen

A Man of No Importance

by Terence McNally

Acting Up Stage Theatre Company

Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs, Toronto, ON

7th to 22nd March, 2008

Directed by Lezlie Wade

Book by Terence McNally

Music by Stephen Flaherty

Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens

With Douglas E. Hughes, Patty Jamieson, Liz Best, Kyle Blair, Christopher Darroch, Ian Deakin, Susan Henley, Bethany Jillard, Gary Krawford, Megan Powell, Nora Sheehan, Barrie Wood

‘What happens when our deepest secrets are finally revealed? Dublin bus conductor Alfie Byrne is content reading Oscar Wilde poetry to his passengers and staging plays in his local church. But when forced to confront a lifelong secret, Alfie must learn to face his true nature and finally take a stand in the world. With a powerful story and a stunning score by the team who brought Ragtime to the musical stage, A Man of No Importance celebrates the genius of Oscar Wilde, the boisterous streets of Dublin , and the bumps along the road to self-discovery.’

This is backed by a website at http://www.manofnoimportance.com

ENGLAND

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Darren Vincent Tunstall sends us this interesting news:

This summer, a unique collaboration is taking place between the universities of Lincoln and Central Lancashire, culminating in a production for the Edinburgh Festival of The Picture of Dorian Gray. This new adaptation is by Emily Jones, writer and Lincoln graduate, and Darren Tunstall, director and Associate Lecturer in Acting at UCLAN, and will be executive produced by Senior Lecturer in Performance Studies at Lincoln, Andy Jordan. A key component of the project, which aims to develop student work and offer exposure in a professional context, is a series of workshops looking into the deployment of theatrical artfulness in the service of an aesthetic of the uncanny. So far the results have been very intriguing, as we experiment with classic Victorian tropes of the marionette and demonic transfiguration, as well as Darwinian anxieties of beastliness, gender disruption, disorientation, framing with light and darkness and other phantasmagoric devices. In tandem with the research phase of the production, Darren Tunstall and Andy Jordan will be giving a presentation entitled ‘The Aesthetic Uncanny: Staging Dorian Gray' as part of the symposium ‘Attend the tale: new contexts for Sweeney Todd’ at Lincoln University on 31st May. The production will open on 30th July at C Soco venue and run throughout the Festival, with plans for wider touring in the Autumn.

The Importance of being Earnest

The Theatre Royal, Bath Company, directed by Peter Gill.

London:  Vaudeville Theatre

22nd January to 26th April 2008

Salome

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

21st February 2008 to 12th March 2008

Salome	Nadja Michael
Herodias	Michaela Schuster
Page to Herodias	Daniela Sindram
Herod	Thomas Moser
Narraboth	Joseph Kaiser
Jokanaan	Michael Volle
Philippe Jordan	Conductor
David McVicar	Director
Es Devlin	Designs
Wolfgang Göbbel	Lighting
Andrew George	Choreography

Patience

13th – 16th February
Clevedon Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Princes Hall, Clevedon, England

26th February – 1st March
Birmingham Savoyards Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Arden Hall, Castle Bromwich, England

6th – 10th May
Eastbourne & District G & S Society, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne

13th – 17th May

Radlett Light Opera Society

The Radlett Centre, Radlett

De Profundis

Lyttelton (National Theatre), London

Oscar Wilde, edited by Merlin Holland, directed by Richard Nelson, performed by Corin Redgrave

16th June, 1st, 2nd July at 18:00

‘Monologue - Wilde writing to his lover from Reading Gaol. Towards the end of his sentence in Reading Gaol, Wilde was agonising over the lack of contact with his lover Lord Alfred Douglas, ‘Bosie’. In desperation, he started to write him a letter. A century later, De Profundis remains an astonishing tour-de-force of self-revelation and perhaps the greatest love letter ever written. Alone in his cell, in convicts clothes, Wilde is filled with a torrent of accusation, recrimination and passion, but eventually reaches an extraordinary state of understanding and reconciliation. Running time approx. 50 mins.’

Dorian Gray

Sadler's Wells Theatre, London

New Adventures Company

‘Set in the image-obsessed worlds of contemporary art and politics, this dark fairy tale tells the story of an exceptionally alluring young man who makes a pact with the devil. Amongst London's beautiful people, Dorian Gray is the “It Boy” - an icon of beauty and truth in an increasingly ugly world. The themes behind Wilde’s cautionary tale - the destructive power of beauty; the blind pursuit of pleasure; the darkness and corruption that lie beneath the charming façade - have never been more timely.

Dorian Gray	Richard Winsor
Lady H	Michela Meazza
Basil	Aaron Sillis
Other parts as so far announced	Scott Ambler, Ashley Bain, Jared Hageman, Chris Marney, Shaun Walters
Matthew Bourne	Director
Matthew Bourne	Choreographer
Terry Davies	Music
Les Brotherston	Design
Paule Constable	Lighting

2nd to 14th September 2008, Tue-Sun 19:30. Sat, Sun Mats 14:30

FRANCE

More Lives Than One – The Story Of Oscar Wilde.

Compiled and performed by Leslie Clack and directed by Patricia Kessler.

The Sudden Theatre, 14 bis rue Ste Isaure, Paris 18.

23rd January to 9th February.

This was a second run of the November / December production at the same theatre. See our illustrated reviews by Maria Kasia Greenwood in The Critic as Critic and Emily Eells in rue des beaux arts.

A further performance took place on 19th March at the residence of the British Ambassador.

GERMANY

Mein Freund Bunbury

Musical by Gerd Natschinski based on The Importance of Being Earnest (first performed in Berlin, 1964)

Musikalische Komödie Leipzig

16th, 18th January; further performances: 21st, 22nd June, 17th, 18th July 2008

Jack Worthing	Milko Milev
Cecily Cardew	Mirjam Neururer
Algernon Moncrieff	Andreas Rainer
Lady Bracknell	Anne-Kathrin Fischer, Angela Mehling
Gwendolyn	Katja Kriesel
Frederic Chasuble	Folker Herterich
Laetitia Prism	Margarete Junghans
John and Jeremias, Butler	Ullrich Graichen
Entertainer	Roland Otto
Christian Hornef	Musical Director
Karl Zugowski	Director
Monika Geppert	Choreography
Marlis Knoblauch	Set and Costumes
Wolfgang Horn	Choirmaster

Bunbury – Ernst ist das Leben (The Importance of being Earnest)

Deutsches Theater Berlin, Kammerspiele

13th January 2008

Director: Bettina Bruinier

Décor: Claudia Rohner

Costumes: Markus Karner

With Aylin Esener, Gabriele Heinz, Barbara Schnitzler, Kathrin Wehlisch, Peter Beck, Peter Pagel, Thomas Schmidt, Bernd Stempel, Oliver Urbanski

Bunbury, oder Ernst sein ist wichtig (The Importance of being Earnest)

Theater Augsburg

2nd, 5th, 11th, 19th January; 1st, 17th February; 19th, 23rd March 2008

John Worthing	Alexander Koll
Algernon Moncrieff	André Willmund
Pastor Chasuble	Martin Herrmann
Lady Bracknell	Eva-Maria Keller
Gwendolen Fairfax	Mirjam Smejkal
Cecily Cardew	Ines Kurenbach
Miss Prism	Ute Fiedler
Merriman / Lane	Anton Koelbl
Marcel Keller	Director
Werner Fritz	Costumes

Bunbury (The Importance of being Earnest)

Schauspielhaus – Bremer Theater

Directed by Albert Lang

11th, 12th, 13th, 22nd, 23rd, 26th January; 22nd, 29th February 2008

Bunbury – Ernst ist das Leben (The Importance of being Earnest)

Theater Heidelberg

Directed by Bernd Mottl

14th, 19th January; 1st, 3rd February 2008

Bunbury oder was es bedeutet Ernst zu sein (The Importance of being Earnest)

Theater Heilbronn

Directed by Wolfgang Maria Bauer

Opens 9th February; 13th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 28th February 2008

Ein idealer Gatte (An Ideal Husband)

Schauspiel Leipzig

12th, 18th January; 9th, 15th, 23rd February 2008

Viscount Goring	Thomas Huber
Der Graf von Caversham	Armin Dillenberger
Sir Robert Chiltern	Andreas Keller
Lady Chiltern	Susanne Stein
Lady Markby	Jana Bauke
Lady Basildon	Barbara Trommer
Miss Mabel Chiltern	Julia Berke
Mrs. Cheveley	Stephanie Schönfeld
Ein Unterhaltungskünstler	Martin Reik
Mason and Phipps	Sven-Sebastian Hubel
Markus Dietz	Director
Franz Lehr	Production Design
Thomas Hertel	Music

Wilde at Heart

An evening with, about and by Oscar Wilde

Theater Friedrich 5, Heidelberg

20th January, 7th February 2008

IRELAND

The programme of the fifth Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (5th to 19th May 2008) was announced on 2nd April. The Festival website can be reached by clicking its banner.

We now have more information about the Kildare Youth Theatre production of The Importance of Being Earnest at the Irish Gay Theatre Festival in 2007. Directed by Peter Hussey this played at the Andrews Lane Theatre, 7th - 12th May. This was a revival of Hussey’s original production in December 2004, which won two major awards from the UK National Student Drama Festival for its actors Treenie Curran and Ross MacMahon. Last May the production awarded the first ever Patrick Murray Award for Outstanding Contribution to Irish Gay Theatre. The award was made by the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival Committee on Sunday 12th May at the Gala Night closing the 4th Gay Theatre Festival in the Irish Music Centre. The Festival Artistic Director, Brian Merriman, spoke of 4 years of contribution made to gay theatre by KYT and paid homage to the ‘pluralist, multi-cultural’ youth organisation whose members represented a new and open Ireland free from homophobia and intolerance.

This makes pleasant reading, but shows little understanding that a specifically gay reading of the play is strongly contested, while in the surrounding publicity the canard that ‘Earnest’ signifies a gay man was perpetuated.

ITALY

Salomé

Teatro Regio, Turin

Opened 24th February 2008.

Salomé	Nicola Beller Carbone
Herod	Peter Bronder
Herodias	Dagmar Pecková
Jochanaan	Mark S. Doss
Page	Manuela Custer
Robert Carsen	Director
Philippe Giraudeau	Choreographer
Radu Boruzescu	Set designer
Miruna Boruzescu	Costumes
Manfred Voss	Lighting
Dario Cioni	Video
Gianandrea Noseda	Conductor
Orchestra of the Teatro Regio

Crédit photographique : Ramella & Giannese Fondazione Teatro Regio di Torino

MALTA

The Birthday of the Infanta

A performance in Maltese for Schools and the general Public by Teatru Qroqq, based on Oscar Wilde’s The Birthday of the Infanta.

MITP Centre, St Christopher Street, Valletta. Performances for the General Public –Saturday 15th March 2008  5 p.m show; Sunday 16th March 2008, 7 p.m show; performance dates for schools were on the 13th, 14th and 17th March 2008. Two shows daily. Times are at 9.30 a.m, 11.30 a.m.

Directed by Isabelle Gatt.

Isabelle Gatt writes

The whole story is set in Spain, where the celebration of a monarch’s birthday was considered a great event. One year, during the Infanta’s feast, which includes a variety of dance, song and music, a boy from the forest is brought over as an attraction. Kwazimundu, looks and acts different from the rest, and the audience finds him thoroughly entertaining for all the wrong reasons, but he is a happy innocent child full of love for life and is pleased to make everyone enjoy themselves. What happens when the Infanta throws him a flower during his show? What happens when Kważimundu sees his own image for the first time in a mirror? What is the Infanta’s reaction at the end of the story?

The main objective behind such a production is an educational one: it will make both the adult and the child think and reflect about our lives where beauty is ‘measured’ according to the physical appearance and the material possessions that a person has. In a material world that focuses so much on the physical aspect of people, this story’s message is valid more than ever.

TEATRU QROQQ is a theatre group made up of B.Ed. students (University of Malta), directed by Isabelle Gatt who is a lecturer for the Expressive Arts and whose research is centred around Drama in Education.

MEXICO

The Happy Prince

This stage adaptation of a Spanish version for an Italian cultural event took place in the 35th Festival Cervantino in Querétaro, 9th to 11th October 2007 in the Teatro del Seguro Social y Club de Leones de Tequisquiapan.

PERÚ

The Portrait of Dorian Gray/ El Retrato de Dorian Gray

This is being staged at the Teatro La Plaza ISIL (Larcomar, Miraflores), directed by Roberto Ángeles, who has previously staged The Importance of Being Earnest and Kaufman’s The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. The Spanish translation i by Luis Tuesta and the novel has been adapted for the stage by Luis Tuesta, Sebastián García and Roberto Ángeles. This version has many parts played by the same actors, and includes cross-gendered roles

Basil Hallward	Paul Vega
Lord Henry Wotton	Christian Thorsen
Dorian Gray	Gonzalo Molina
Lady Henry	Lizet Chávez
Sybil Vane	Constanza Chaparro
Mrs. Vane	Sergio Galliani
James Vane	Sebastián García
Victor	Sergio Galliani
Mendigo / Francis	Sergio Galliani
Adrian Singleton	Lizet Chávez
Prostituta	Constanza Chaparro
Duchess of Monmouth	Lizet Chávez
Gamekeeper	Sergio Galliani

SPAIN

The Importance of Being Earnest / La Importancia de llamarse Ernesto

Translated by Daniel Pérez and Eduardo Galán and directed by Gabriel Olivares, this has been touring throughout Spain:

13 October 2007	Teatro Adolfo Marsillach (San Sebastián de los Reyes)
10-11 November 2007	Teatro Cervantes (Valladolid)
29-30 November 2007	Chinchilla (Albacete)
2 December 2007	Centro Cultural Nicolás Salmerón (Madrid)
26 January 2008	Centro Cultural de Las Rozas (Madrid)
31 January 2008	Teatro del Matadero (Madrid)
2-3 February 2008	Teatro Isabel la Católica (Granada)
22 February 2008	Teatro Principal de Zamora
4 April 2008	Teatro Rafael Alberti de Huercal Overa (Almería)
12 April 2008	Navalcarnero (Madrid)
17 April 2008	Villanueva de la Cañada (Madrid)
18 April 2008	Teatro Juan Bravo de Segovia
8 May 2008	Almendralejo (Badajoz)
9 May 2008	Parla (Madrid)
23 May 2008	San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante)
26 May to 20 July 2008	Teatro Maravillas de Madrid
21 July 2008	Teatro Apolo de Almería
17 August 2008	Las Torres de Cotilla (Murcia)

The text (in Spanish) can be downloaded.

In this version, the cast has been reduced to five:

Algernon Moncrieff	Fran Nortes
John Worthing	Patxi Freytez
Gwendolen Fairfax	Diana Lázaro
Cecily Cardew	Rebeca Valls
Lady Bracknell	Yolanda Ulloa
Anna Tussel	Set design
Vicente Soler	Costumes
Alfonso Postigo	Lighting

The play is supported by a website, which includes a video trailer. Click the banner.

SWITZERLAND

Salomé

Directed by Anne Bisang

Comédie de Génève, 22nd January to 10th February 2008

then

Théâtre Kléber-Méleau, Lausanne from 19th to 27th February 2008 and Théâtre du Passage, Neuchâtel 15th & 16th March 2008

	Tigellinus	Elidan Arzoni
	Iokanaan	Juan Bilbeny
	Salomé	Lolita Chammah
	Hérodias	Céline Goormaghtigh
	Hérode	Daniel Martin
	Page	Philippe Panizzon
	Stéphanie Leclercq	Assistants à la mise en scène
	Stéphanie Janin	Dramaturgie
	Cisco Aznar	Chorégraphie
	Anna Popek	Scénographie
	Anna Van Brée	Costumes
	Grégory Bourrilly	assistée de
	Arnaud Buchs	Maquillage/coiffure
	Alex Baechler	Realisation vidéo
	Laurent Junod	Lumière
	Michel Wintsch	Musique
	Michel Zurcher	Son
	Edwige Dallemagne	Régie générale

For an extended and illustrated article by Valerie Fehlbaum on this production and its accompanying programme, see rue des beaux arts no. 13, March/April 2008 .

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Café-théâtre Barnabé de Servion, Lausanne

5th to 20th September 2008

Bernard Novet announces a major new production by Bernard Novet and the Compagnie des Deux Masques of The Picture of Dorian Gray. This is backed by an elaborate website (click the poster for this), and will feature a lecture by Merlin Holland. A CD, a DVD and even bottles of wine will be available, and can be purchased through the website. The cast will be Denis Frenkel, Isabelle Caillat, François Aymeric, Vincent Held, Jean-Claude Bossel and Christine Mantke-Goumaz, supported by all the troupe of the Compagnie des Deux Masques : Eliane Barbey, Roberto Chavaillaz, Elisabeth Crot, Lucienne Dematraz, Anne-Valérie Ebinger, Samuel Ebinger, Florence Favez, Claire-Cécile Fasel, Florane Gindroz, Joerg Hau, Sophie Henchoz, Mireille Jotterand, François Langer, Danielle Martin, Jacques Muggli, Catherine Novet, Edmond Périsset, Georges Pittet, Nathalie Ramadani, Martin Rengier, Cédric Rigoli, Louis Schneiter, Elisàrio Souza Netto, Raymond Vernez.

Set	Béatrice Lipp
Music	Jean-Claude Bossel
Dance	Christine Mantke-Goumaz
Choreography for crowd scenes	Ursula Perakis Roehrich
Costumes	Caroline Zanetti
Lighting	Igor Jungi
Sound	Fabien Ayer
Adaptation and direction	Bernard Novet

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Salome

Theater Arts Guild

Lincoln Theatre, downtown Mount Vernon, WA

8th – 16th February 2008

The Young Syrian	Adam McCormack
The Page of Herodias	Jasmine Zell
The Cappadocian	Orlando Garcia
Jokanaan	Christopher Coombs
Salome	Karee Jo Jewett
Herod	Jim Nelson
Herodias	Lindsey Bowen
Tigillinus	Harold Page

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Pearl Theatre

80 St Mark’s Place, New York

Previews began on 15th April; opening night was 27th April; run extended to 8th June.

‘The Pearl’s production features an ensemble comprised primarily of our Resident Acting Company, a group of artists with the experience and skills to meet the extraordinary demands of Wilde’s shimmering wit and linguistic pyrotechnics. In the leading roles are audience favorites Sean McNall and Bradford Cover as the clever duo Algernon and Jack.  Under the direction of J.R. Sullivan, this production will showcase precisely what The Pearl Theatre Company excels at; startlingly sharp clarity, deeply resonant honesty, and the delicious perfection of style that illuminates what it means to be human.’

· Fred Roden, editor of Advances in Oscar Wilde Studies, is talking about the play on 20th May.

Lane	Dominic Cuskern
Algernon Moncrieff	Sean McNall
Jack Worthing	Bradford Cover
Lady Bracknell	Carol Schultz
Gwendolen Fairfax	Rachel Botchan
Cecil Cardew	Ali Ahn
Miss Prism	Joanne Camp
Canon Chasuble	T.J. Edwards
J.R. Sullivan	Director
Harry Feiner	Scenic Design
Devon Painter	Costume Design
Stephen Petrilli	Lighting Design
Mark Huang	Sound Design
Dale Smallwood	Stage Manager
Kate Farrington	Dramaturge

About The Pearl Theatre Company

Founded in 1984, The Pearl Theatre Company is an Off-Broadway classical theatre that nurtures an on-going resident company of actors.  The Pearl’s commitment to foster a resident acting company is both important and rare.  The Pearl believes that a resident acting company, made up of a cohesive and experienced team of actors, is best equipped to keep vital our rich tradition and to keep fresh the wisdom, wit, and craft of the classics.  As Artistic Director, Shepard Sobel explains, ‘The Pearl produces a classical repertory because the great plays of the last 2500 years provide a context, a perspective, by which we here in America in 2008 may see ourselves more clearly.  We can – and have an obligation to – design the strength and character of the future only by knowing the character of the past.’

Photograph by Gregory Costanzo

Further photographs (including high resolution):

http://www.pearltheatre.org/LivePearl/Press_Images_3.shtml

An Ideal Husband

California Shakespeare Theater, Orinda, CA

Directed by Jonathan Moscone

2nd-27th July 2008

A Woman of No Importance

Yale Repertory Theatre

Direted by James Bundy

21st March-12th April 2008

The cast list, with biographies, can be found at http://www.yalerep.org/woman/artists.html and full programme notes at http://www.yalerep.org/pr/pr_no_importance.pdf

Vera

Shotgun Players at Ashby Stage

1901 Ashby Avenue
Berkeley, CA

vera wilde, a musical play. Book, music and lyrics by Chris Jeffries directed by Maya Gurantz, musical director Dave Malloy

17th September - 19th October 2008

‘Two radical lives collide in this vaudevillian and exuberant original musical play by Seattle playwright and composer Chris Jeffries. In 1880, Oscar Wilde wrote his first play Vera, or the Nihilists, about a Russian radical Vera Zasulich, known as “the mother of terrorism.” But was she? Jeffries brings these two complicated heroes together to create whip-smart tale about the costs of changing the world.’

(Thanks to Julie A. Sparks for drawing this to our attention.)

CURTAIN DOWN

More plays that escaped us earlier.

An Ideal Husband

Lamb’s Players Theatre

San Diego, California

5th October — 18th November 2007

Robert Chiltern	Robert Smyth
Lady Chiltern	Glynn Bedington
Earl of Caversham	David Cochran Heath
Lord Goring	Rick D. Meads
Tommy Trafford/Phipps	Jon Lorenz
Vicomte de Nanjac/Mason	Patrick J. Duffy
Mrs. Cheveley	Deborah Gilmour Smyth
Mrs. Marchmont/Maid	Season Duffy
Lady Markby	Steve Gunderson
Mabel Chiltern	Colleen Kollar Smith
Lady Basildon/Maid	Jillian Frost
Kerry Meads	Director
Mike Buckley	Scenic Design
Nate Parde	Lighting Design
Jeanne Reith	Costume Design
Patrick J. Duffy	Sound Design
Amanda Helland	Properties
Maria Mangiavellano	Production Stage Manager

This was the Lamb’s Player’s Theatre second production of An Ideal Husband. The play had previously run from 20th April to 27th May 1990.

Robert Chiltern	Robert Smyth
Lady Chiltern	Gail West
Earl of Caversham	Michael Harvey
Lord Goring	Rick Meads
Phipps	Robert Stark
Vicomte de Nanjac	George Weinberg Harter
Mrs. Cheveley (here called Lady Cheveley)	Deborah Gilmour Smyth
Emily (Maid)	Sonja Anderson
Lady Markby	Veronica Murphy Smith
Mabel Chiltern	Cynthia Peters
Lady Basildon	Pamela Smith
Kerry Cederberg Meads	Director
Mike Buckley	Scenic Design
Alan Will	Lighting Design
Jeanne Reith	Costume Design
Sonja Anderson	Sound Design

In researching the above, we discovered the same company’s production of A Woman of No Importance, 11th April to 18th May 1997:

Lord Alfred	Tim West
Lady Caroline Pontefract	Kerry Meads
Miss Hester Worsley	Cynthia Gerber
Sir John Pontefract	Doren Elias
Lady Jane Hunstanton	Saundra Dubow
Gerald Arbuthnot	Nick Cordileone
Lady Stutfield	Sara Tobin
Mrs. Allonby	Rosina Reynolds
Mr. Kelvil	Paul Eggington
Lord Illington [sic]	David Cochran Heath
Mrs. Rachael Arbuthnot	Deborah Gilmour Smyth
Archdeacon Daubeny	Joe Chovick
Robert Smyth	Director
Mike Buckley	Scenic & Lighting Design
Jeanne Reith	Costume Design
Dalouge Smith	Stage Manager

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