The Ruling Class by Peter Barnes
Directed by James Hough

After his father's death in a bizarre accident, Jack Gurney is released from the mental institution where he is being treated for paranoid schizophrenia, to become the fourteenth Earl of Gurney. His Christ-delusions wreak havoc on the horrified family and they scheme to have him committed for good. Absusrdist, sharply written and satirical, Peter Barnes's tour de force pours scorn on the concept of inherited power and those who wield it. Also involves singing, dancing, sword fighting and is generally barking.

Cast

13th Earl of Gurney - Michael Wilson
Daniel Tucker – John Lyne
Bishop Lampton – Alan Buckman
Sir Charles Gurney – Peter Medd
Dinsdale Gurney – Mattie Crowley
Lady Claire Gurney – Helen Chadney
14th Earl of Gurney – Gareth Rickards
Dr Paul Herder – Matthew Lyne
Mrs Treadwell – Alan Buckman
Mrs Piggott-Jones – Carole Coyne
Grace Shelley – Jenny McLaughlin
McKyle – Bob Callender
Kelso Truscott QC / Detective Inspector Brockett – Christopher Vian-Smith
Matthew Peake / Detective Sergeant Fraser / McKyle’s assistant – Richard Watkins

For more details, please contact James Hough, Director

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