"An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde - November 2009

Directed by David Darby

The Cast in order of speaking

Phipps

Stan Harbidge

Lord Goring

Phil Hawyes

Mason

Jim Wallis

Mrs Marchmont

Sian Barnard

Countess of Basildon

Pam Thompson

Earl of Caversham

Alan Haydock

Lady Chiltern

Katherine Buttfield

Miss Mabel Chiltern

Anna Hodkin

Lady Markby

Sally Anderson

Mrs Cheveley

Sarah Taylor

Vicomte de Nanjac

Jon Atack

Sir Robert Chiltern

Jon Jones

Mr. Montford

Terry Hall

Maids

Lydia Hall & Natalie Anderson

James the Footman

James Telling

Other characters

Annette Ayres, Carol Radford

Soloist

Lynne Holland

Synopsis

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed.

The Action takes place in two venues, the house of Lord Goring and also the fashionable London residence of Sir Robert & Lady Chiltern.

Synopsis of Scenes

Act I

Sc 1

Lord Goring’s Dressing Room

 

Sc 2

The Octagon Room in Sir Robert Chiltern’s House

Act II

 

Morning-room at Sir Robert Chiltern’s House

INTERVAL

Act III

 

The Library in Lord Goring’s House

Act IV

 

Morning-room at Sir Robert Chiltern’s House

 

Production Team
Production Manager Terry Hall
Assisted by Bill Sylvester
Stage Manager Richard Stanway
Prompt Sue Terry
Properties Annette Ayres
Wardrobe Carol Radford
Hairdresser Linda Edmiston
Sound & Lighting Clive Holland
Susan Jones
Set Design David Darby
Set Construction Group Members
Publicity Jon Jones
Annette Ayres
Tickets / Front of House Christine Harbidge
Refreshment Organiser Bill Sylvester
Photography Christine Harbidge