a drama by Constance Cox, from a short story by Oscar Wilde 12.05.99 - 15.05.99
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.
This play was originally performed by EPP in 1967 in Ecclesfield Town Junior School
Produced by Angela Platts by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd
Actors and their Characters
Ed Corteen Baines the Butler
Elaine Ward Nellie
Eva Nutland Lady Windermere
Georgina Davies Sybil Merton
Gill Corteen Lady Julia Merton
John Nutland Herr Winkelkopf
Margot Turner Lady Clementina Beauchamp
Neale Woodhead Lord Arthur Savile
Paul Marsden Mr Podgers
Terry Oates Dean of Paddington