Auditions
Play Five, 2010
HABEAS CORPUS
By Alan Bennett
Directed by Lois Collinder
Performance Dates: 18 November - 4 December 2010
Audition Dates:
Saturday 31 July 2010 from 1:00pm.
Audition Venue:
2-4 Albert Street, Williamstown VIC 3016.
Habeas Corpus is a satirical Merry-Go-Round set in the late 1960's. We meet a family and its friends and acquaintances for whom the determination to put sex and the satisfaction of the body (or corpus) before everything else, is ruling passion of their lives. The permissive society is taken to task in a farcical comedy.
Cast Requirements:
Slight English accent is preferable. Characters are larger than life but not caricatures.
DR WICKSTEAD
Age 53. Likes the ladies. His marriage is no longer a happy one. He is charismatic but selfish. He can't even remember his son's name.
MRS WICKSTEAD
Age 51. A confident somewhat bossy woman, who tries to outdo her husband to pay him back for his infidelities. Also ignores her son.
DENNIS WICKSTEAD
Age early 20's. Sad boy, constantly trying to get the attention of his parents, with his obsession with his health.
CONNIE WICKSTEAD
Age 33. Rather plain and unassuming, she blossoms once she has her appliance.
CANON THROBBING
Age 40-50. Desperate bachelor in need of a good woman.
MRS SWABB
Age 30-50's. A Busy Body. She knows all and sees all.
LADY RUMPERS
Age 50's. Typical British woman who has lived above her station in India. A snob.
FELICITY RUMPERS
Age 22. In desperate need of a husband. Thinks she has found the idea man in Dennis.
MR SHANKS
Age 50's. A man who loves his job, but can't always tell the real from the fake.
MR PURDUE
Age 20-30's. Another sad soul looking for attention.
SIR PERCY SHORTER
Age 50-60's. Bombastic and full of himself.
Audition Booking details:
WLT will be holding open auditions for Habeas Corpus. For enquiries or further information regarding the production please call the Director, Lois Collinder on 9399 2554 or the Production Co-Ordinator, Bob Harsley on 0414 917 381.
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