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Production Details
187th Production - Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime a comedy by Constance Cox
Presented at Lowther Pavilion - 3 to 5 February 1994.
Directed by Peter Crawshaw.
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Outline of Play
After Lord Arthur has had his palm read by Podgers who tells him he will commit a murder, he feels duty bound to get it over with before his marriage to Sybil.
But, aided by the anarchist, Winkelkopf, his attempts prove futile.
It emerges that Podgers is a charlatan and so Lord Arthur is free but on the way to the wedding rehearsal he finds the carriage contains Winkelkopf's newest bomb.
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Synopsis of Scenes
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The action takes place in the drawing room of Lord Arthur's house in Grosvenor Square, London in 1890.
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Act I
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Evening
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Act II
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Scene 1
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The following morning
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Scene 2
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Morning, three days later
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Act III
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Scene 1
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Early evening, several days later
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Scene 2
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The following morning
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Cast
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Baines, the Butler
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Rod Pothecary
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Lord Arthur Saville
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Jonathan Cash
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Sybil Merton
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Audrey Leach
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The Dean of Paddington
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Eric Pearson
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Lady Windemere
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Bobbie Hodkinson
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Lady Clementina Beauchamp
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June Crawshaw
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Lady Julia Merton
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Joy Banks
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Mr Podgers
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John Lomax
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Nellie, the maid
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Sarah Britten
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Herr Winkelkopf
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Martin Drury
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Stage Crew
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Stage Manager
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John Bulmer
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Sound
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Michael Ward
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Lighting
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Tim Edwards
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Set Design
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John Bulmer and Don Killip
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Memory
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Di Prutton
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Properties
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Christine O’Keefe and Tracy Wilson
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Set Dressing
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Shirley Croasdale and Nancy Whittle
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Costumes
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June Crawshaw and Joy Banks
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