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ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

Last Update  07-May-2009

by - Joseph Kesselring

From 15th June to 20th June 2009

 

 

 

Presented by - The Nonentities (A)

Location - Main House

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Curtain Up 7.30pm

   

An old favourite, one of the first and funniest comedies of multiple murders. This black farce, first produced in 1941, was made into a much-acclaimed film in 1944,and continues to hold its place on the theatrical map.

Two charming and gentle old ladies poison their poor, orphan lodgers to save them from the sorrows of the world. Their cosy, and ingenious plotting, the coming and going of numerous, sometimes extraordinary, characters will keep you entranced, engaged and amused throughout the evening."....is a frenzied, hilarious, madcap black comedy...."

"The play became an immediate critical and popular success, ..."

 

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