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Dollar Drama Club
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
From a short story by Oscar Wilde. Play by Constance Cox.
| Dollar Drama Club's current production is "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime", which will be performed in Dollar Academy's Studio Theatre from the 23rd to 26th October 2024. |
| This full-length comic play is set in the London home of Lord Arthur Savile in the 1890s. |
| Lord Arthur is engaged to Sybil Merton, but Sybil's mother has doubts about Arthur. She uses unconventional means to look into Arthur's past... and his future! What will be discovered, and what can Arthur do about it? |
The cast are
| Lord Arthur Savile | David Anderson |
| Baines, his butler | Damian Sherwood-Johnson |
| Sybil Merton, his fiancee | Felicia Gray |
| The Dean of Paddington, his uncle | Stephen Lambert |
| Lady Margaret Windermere, his aunt | Rosalind Lamont |
| Lady Clementina Beauchamp, his great aunt | Linda Rice |
| Lady Julia Merton, Sybil's mother | Sandra Ballantine |
| Mr. Podgers, a palm reader | Isaac Wilsher |
| Frederick Winkelkopf, an anarchist | Stuart Salmon |
With support from
| Director | Andrew Bawn |
| Stage manager | Elaine Stark |
| Prompt | Catherine Gibson-Poole |
| Lighting | Neil Schofield |
| Sound | Jimmy Lamont |
| Costumes | Catherine Gibson-Poole & Margaret Humphrey |
| Props | Shena McDonald & Elaine Stark |
| Set design | Andrew Bawn & Elaine Stark |
| Rehearsal assistance | John Biggam, Elaine Payne & Susie Easto |
| Music and effects | Andrew Bawn |
| Front of house | Fiona Baxter |
| Publicity | Jane McGill |
| Printing | John Biggam |
Did you know?
| Dollar Drama Club has performed this play before! It was in 1979, so we thought it was okay to do it again. One member of the previous cast appears in this production, but this time he's playing a different part; 45 years ago Stephen Lambert played Lord Arthur Savile. |
Rehearsals
Rehearsals began on 1st July 2024.
