Lettice & Lovage
April 2002
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Lettice & Lovage - a comedy by Peter Shaffer
Performed - April 25th to April 27th 2002 at Blackfriars Theatre
Synopsis
Daughter of an actress, who toured France with an all-female company, playing only Shakespeare's historical plays, Lettice Douffet has inherited both theatricality and eccentricity. Now employed as a tourist guide in a shabby stately home, she attempts to enliven its dull history with her own over-imaginative fantasies, until she is caught in the act and promptly sacked. She retreats to her basement in Earl's Court, where she is visited by the starchy Preservation Trust official who fired her. An unlikely friendship develops as they discover a shared loathing for the carbuncles of modern architecture and the stern, sensible Lottie is drawn into Lettice's attractive world of historical romance.
This almost ends in tears after a nasty accident when the two ladies are re-enacting the execution of Charles I. But, they manage to rise above this minor setback and continue their crusade to "enlarge, enliven and enlighten" with renewed vigour.
Review
No review available
Cast
Actors names on right:
Miss Lettice Douffet - Judy Mugleston
Surly Man - John Lingard
Miss Charlotte Schoen - Carol Walmsley
Miss Framer - Melanie Clark
Mr Bardolph - Philip Landshoft
Members of the public - Members of the Society
Production Team
Director - Alan Dropkin
Assistant Directors & Producers - Sam Zwemmer, John Jackson
Stage Manager - Judith Hall
Set Design - Sam Zwemmer
Set Construction - Paul Gibson, Members of the Society
Costume - Sam Zwemmer
Properties - Sam Zwemmer, John Jackson
Lighting - Paul Gibson
Sound - Paul Gibson
Poster - Sam Zwemmer
Programme - Patrick Hall
Publicity - Kathy Fullerton
Resident Technician - Andrew Gath
Prompt - Judith Hall