SUMMARY: The antics at the Wicksteed home are a satirical merry-go-round. Family, friends and the sexual satisfaction of the "corpus" (body) are the ruling passions in this farcical comedy of ill-manners.
Through a dance of mistaken identities and carnal encounters, one motto holds fast: "He whose lust lasts, lasts longest."
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Habeas Corpus
Written by Alan Bennett
Directed by David Stock 2000
CAST
Barry Borgstrom .... Arthur Wickstee Jeanette Desnoyers ….. Muriel Wicksteed
Miles Wilkinson ….. Dennis Wicksteed Peter Schalk ….............. Canon Throbbing Lorna Kent .............. Constance Wicksteed Marge Kemp….............. Mrs. Swabb Shelly Christie ...….. Lady Rumpers Tanya Laing-Moore .….. Felicity Rumpers
Jim Cameron …....... Mr. Shanks Gary Dalton …............... Sir Percy Shorter
Russel East ….......... Mr. Purdue
Rene Cristales …..... Clown #1 Giles East ….................. Clown #2
PRODUCTION CREW
Harriet Pollock …........ Producer Raewyn Sinhuber …......... Costumes
David Stock ….............. Sound Design
Barry Coulter …........... Sound Technician
Trish Barnes …............. Publicity Kirsten Taylor .............….. Photography
Bud Abbott ….............. Vocal Coach Alexander Gilmour …....... Choreography Raewyn Sinhuber …... Props Jeanie Miller ….................. Prompter
David Stock …............ Set Design Kirsten Taylor & Selki ….... Poster Design Lorraine Harvey …............ Stage Manager Maureen Rae …......... Magic Wand
Paul Kershaw .....…............. Lighting Design
Bob Kary, Terry Miller ..….. Lighting Technicians
Gordon-Michael Clark …... Musical Compositions
Paul Kershaw...................... Set Construction
Rene Cristales, Giles East .............................................................…. Stage Hands (as Clowns)
Lorraine Harvey, Colleen Osiowy, Maureen Rae, Sheila Schell ….. Costume Assistants
Jeanie Miller, Jodi Yates, Gwen Stewart, Vickie Gallinger …............. Hair & Makeup
Bud Abbott, Lorraine Harvey, Gary Dalton, Marge Kemp …............ Prop Assistants
Howard Beye, John Taylor, Joan Kelman, Sean Cloarec, Jared Teneese,
Bud Abbott, Malcolm Kelly, Lloyd Dopson …........ Set Construction Helpers
Paul Kershaw, Kirsten Taylor ............................................................... Set Painting
David Stock, Jeannette Desnoyers, Lorna Kent,
Bob Kary , Kris Aasen, …........................................... Set Painting Helpers
Lynda Cook .....................................................................................….. Front of House Manager
Jeanie Miller, Liz Goyette, Pat & Carl Casey, Sean Cloarec,
Katie Borgstrom, Nancy Kemp, Angela Margison …..... Front of House Assistants.
