Nuffield Theatre
onWednesday 29th January to Saturday 1st February 1975
The Way of the World, masterpiece of Restoration comedy, deals with a typical family situation. At the head of the family presides the absurd Lady Wishfort; her court is the 'Cabal', a gossip club, attendedby her daughter Mrs. Fainall and her niece Millamant. Lady Wishfort controls the whole of Mrs. Fainall's estate and also part of Millamant's and the play follows the struggle as to who should get these estates, Mr. Fainall or Millamant's lover Mirabell.
The plots and intrigues are interwoven skilfully-
Congreve handles these complex intrigues and manoeuvres in a masterly way, family society and human relationships are intertwined and Congreve demonstrates psychology as relevant today as in 1700. In love, sex and the search for power, material wealth and self understanding, Congreve's characters fill the stage with life and with an undying exposure of human frailties and the way of the world.
The Cast | played by: |
Mirabell | Jim Smith |
Fainall | Philip De Grouchy |
Betty | Angela Stansbridge |
Servant to Mirabell | Bob Wilson |
Witwoud | Colin Hullock |
Petulant | Ken Hann |
Mrs. Fainall | Carol Pierce |
Mrs. Marwood | Ann Archer |
Mrs. Millamant | Sheana Carrington |
Mincing, woman to Mrs. Millamant | Avril Woodward |
Waitwell, servant to Mirabell | Graham Buchanan |
Foible, woman to Lady Wishfort | Mary Harrison |
Lady Wishfort | Mollie Manns |
Peg, maidservant to Lady Wishfort | Sandy White |
Footman | Brian Stansbridge |
Sir Wilfull Witwoud | Geoffrey Wharam |
For the Maskers: | |
Director | Roy Tabor |
Assistant to the Director | Shieila Clark |
Technical Director | Ron Tillyer |
Stage Manager | Joy Wingfield |
Wardrobe assistants | Gill Buchanan, Kay Hann |
Property mistress | Lilian Gunstone |
Make-up | Daphne Rothwell |
Sound | Geoff Grandy |
Set design | Ken Spencer |
Set construction | John Riggs, Eric Street |
Lighting design | Derek Jones |
Business and Publicity | Graham Buchanan |
Costumes by | Bristol Old Vic |
Wigs by | Wig Creations (London) |
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