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Monday October 22nd

Two utterly ridiculous one-acts
by George Bernard Shaw

PRESS CUTTINGS
with

PASSION, POISON AND PETRIFACTION

Host: Howard Kissell
Produced and directed by David Staller

These two short and highly entertaining plays will feature Matthew Arkin, Annie Golden, Jayne Houdyshell, Charlotte Moore, Euan Morton, Brian Murray and Michael Musto.

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PASSION, POISON AND PETRIFACTION
(or The Fatal Gazogene): A Brief Tragedy for Barns and Booths.

Written in 1905, this is one of Shaw's most light-hearted larks: involving murder, sex, betrayal, finance and seltzer.

Scene: A Bed-sitting room in a fashionable quarter of London.

Cast of Characters:
Lady Magnesia Fitztollemache
Jayne Houdyshell

Phyllis (Her Maid)
Annie Golden

George Fitzteollebache (Her Husband)
Brian Murray

Adolphus Bastable (A Leader Of Fashion)
Euan Morton

Landlady
Charlotte Moore

Police Constable
Matthew Arkin

Doctor
A Mysterious Person

PRESS CUTTINGS
(A Topical Sketch Compiled From The Editorial and Correspondence Columns of the Daily Papers During the Woman's War in 1909)

Written in 1909, this is Shaw's 'suffragette comedy', involving a Prime Minister in drag, a conservative General out of control and some very determined women.

Scene: General Mitchener's Office in the War Office
Time: The forenoon of the First of April, 1909

Cast of Characters:
General Mitchener of the Army Council
Brian Murray

Balsquith, Prime Minister
Matthew Arkin

Mrs. Farrell, War Office Charwoman
Annie Golden

An Orderly
Euan Morton

Mrs. Banger, Secretary of the United Anti-Suffragettes
Charlotte Moore

Lady Corinthia Fanshawe, President of the Same
Jayne Houdyshell

Shaw at his looniest just in time for Halloween!

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