Jack and Charley persuade their friend, an undergraduate Lord Fancourt Babberley, to impersonate an aunt. The complications of the plot begin with the arrival of the real aunt.
Category: Russell Parker
2003
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The Hollow
An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow, home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell, arguably Christie’s finest comic grande dame.
2003
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Far From The Madding Crowd
The passion, melodrama, earthy humour and strong, gripping plot of Thomas Hardy’s novel are vividly conveyed in Matthew White’s fast-moving and admirably economical adaptation.
2003
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The Lion in Winter
King Henry, his wife Eleanor, whom he has kept imprisoned in a tower for the past ten years; and their three sons, vye for the privilege of being named heir to the English throne.
2002
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On The Razzle
The story is basically one long chase, chiefly after two naughty grocer’s assistants, who, when their master goes off on a binge with a new mistress, escape to Vienna on a spree.
2002
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Arms and the Man
Raina Petkoff is engaged to Sergius Saranoff, a dashing major in the Bulgarian army. All seems well until a Swiss professional bursts into her bedroom, and begs her to hide him.
2002
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An Inspector Calls
A tense and uncomfortable investigation by an all-knowing Inspector through which the Birling family discover that they are all in fact caught up in a poor girl’s death.
2001
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David Copperfield
Following the adventures of its eponymous hero from birth through three decades, this acclaimed stage adaptation presents a plethora of brilliant characters from the original novel.
2001
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The Madness of George III
George III becomes increasingly erratic after losing the American colonies so doctors are brought in to cure his madness. One man has a motive for easing the king further into madness.
2000
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The Crucible
Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. A small group of girls ‘cry out’ against other people in the town, accusing them of witchcraft, in an attempt to cover up their own dabblings in the occult.
2000
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Habeas Corpus
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.
1999
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Blithe Spirit
Charles Condomine, a fussy and cantankerous novelist, has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira.