Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas, presented by The Online Stage
This classic farce was first performed in 1892. Since the record-breaking initial run in London, it has been revived many times around the world in a variety of languages, and has also been adapted for a number of presentations on film.
The play incorporates many of the features which have become standard in romantic comedies: a cross dressing central character, identity confusion, young lovers kept apart by parental influence and older lovers unexpectedly reunited.
Cast:
- Narrator – Marty Krz
- Stephen Spettigue, uncle of Amy, guardian of Kitty, and the story’s villain – Alan Weyman
- Colonel Sir Francis Chesney, father of Jack Chesney – Denis Daly
- Jack Chesney, Oxford undergraduate, in love with Kitty – Tomas Peter
- Charley Wykeham, Oxford undergraduate, in love with Amy – Mark Crowle-Groves
- Lord Fancourt Babberley, undergraduate pulled unwillingly into Jack and Charley’s scheme – Graham Scott
- Brassett, Jack’s valet – David Shears
- Donna Lucia d’Alvadorez, Charley’s aunt from Brazil – Maureen Boutilier
- Amy Spettigue, Stephen Spettigue’s young niece – Amanda Friday
- Kitty Verdun, Stephen Spettigue’s young ward – Anna Grace
- Ela Delahay, orphaned young woman accompanying Donna Lucia – Grace Keller Scotch
