Arsenic and Old Lace

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Event Arsenic and Old Lace
Venue Opera House, Palmerston North, New Zealand
First Date 21 March 1944
Last Date 22 March 1944
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The play is a farce revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a theatre-hating drama critic who must deal with his crazy family and local police as he debates whether to go through with marrying the woman he loves. His family include two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering old men by poisoning them with arsenic, a brother who believes he's Teddy Roosevelt, and a criminally murderous brother who - due to botched plastic surgery to evade the authorities - now looks like horror-film actor Boris Karloff.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Farce
Subjects Family
Madness
Murder
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
F Aisher Actor Officer O'Hara
G J Bagnall Actor Mr Witherspoon
H G Bagnall Actor Mr Gibbs
E D Bennett Actor Teddy Brewster
A Fyfe Actor Officer Brophy
S Kingston Actor Elaine Harper
W H Loch Actor Dr Herman Einstein
J Lorigan Actor Mortimer Brewster
G H Lusk Actor Lt. Rooney
W Nichols Actor Officer Klein
E Scott Actor Abby Brewster
W M Sexton Actor Rev Dr Harper
H Whitehead Actor Martha Brewster
L Wood Actor Jonathan Brewster
Prince Conductor
A Kingston Director
McIntyre Lighting Designer Lighting and Effects
C Cairns Make-up Artist
Joseph Kesselring Playwright
J Walker Prompt
I Nettlefold Properties Officer
W Nichols Set Designer
McIntyre Special Effects Lighting and Effects
H K McKay Stage Manager
G J Bagnall Wardrobe Assistant
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Further Information In aid of Patriotic Funds (Ad).
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 202053