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2009: What the Butler Saw |
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Rock 'n Roll • What the Butler Saw • Doubt • The History Boys • Crime and Punishment • Jane Eyre
What the Butler Saw
by Joe Orton
June 11-27
The Charity Randall Theatre Directed by Simon Bradbury
“You were born with your legs apart.
They’ll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin.”
– Act One, What the Butler Saw
What the Butler Sawis Oscar Wilde on acid, combining witty dialogue with blatant sexuality, poking fun at authority, and hanging conventional morality upside down. The play opens with a middle-aged psychiatrist convincing an attractive young woman to undress as part of a job interview. When his wife shows up, a wild, farcical romp ensues. “Nobody,” says John Lahr, “comes closer than Orton to reviving on stage the outrageous and violent prankster’s spirit of comedy and creating the purest and rarest of drama’s by-products: joy.”
Directed by Simon Bradbury, and featuring Jeffrey Carpenter, Amanda Jane Cooper, Martin Giles, Douglas Rees, Helena Ruoti and Sam Trussell. Scenic Design - Gianni Downs; Costume Design - Erin Collins Rittling; Lighting Design - Andrew David Ostrowski; Sound Design - Elizabeth Atkinson; Dialects - Natalie Baker Shirer.
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