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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.

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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