The Magistrate by Arthur Wing Pinero
Directed by James Hough
Auditions: Sunday 6th February 6pm, Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th February, 2011, 8pm
Performances: Tuesday 7th to Saturday 11th June, 2011, Bell Theatre
This sharply written, faced paced and highly entertaining farce focuses on Aeneas Poskett, a Magistrate of a Police Court and upstanding pillar of the community. Unbeknownst to him, his new wife, unwilling to burden him with additional years, has decided to deduct five of her own and, because of this, is also passing her nineteen year old son as a fourteen year old. Completely taken in by this, Poskett decides to find the latter’s addiction to gambling and drinking dens almost charming and is unwittingly drawn into a mire of deception, lunacy and wrangles with the criminal justice system (something most magistrates tend to avoid). Chaos reigns supreme as bewildered relatives, guileless friends, astounded policemen and lusting servants are drawn into an ever escalating welter of confusion.
Characters
Male
Mr Posket – Playing age around 50. A mild gentleman and upstanding member of the community.
Mr Bullamy – anther magistrate. A portly, red-faced man of around 50.
Colonel Luykyn – around 55 with a sharp military manner.
Captain Vale – around 30 and full of languid dejection.
Cis Farringdon – supposedly 14, playing age of 19. Eton schoolboy with a touch of the cad. Could possibly be played by a female.
Achille Blond – a middle-aged Frenchman and hotel proprietor.
Isidore – a waiter: could be played by an adult of any age, male of female.
Mr Wormington – a clerk at the Magistrates’ Court. Elderly, trim and precise.
Inspector Messiter – a gruff matter of fact officer. Playing age 30+
Sergeant Lugg – middle aged man with a slight country accent.
Constable Harris – stock policeman.
Wyke – Mr Posket’s butler. Playig age 25 +
Female
Agatha Posket – a handsome, showy woman of about 36 looking under rather than over that age.
Charlotte Verrinder (Agatha’s sister and betrothed to Captain Vale) – a fine handsome girl of under 30.
Beatie Tomlinson – a pretty piano teacher of around 16 years.
Popham – a maidservant
Please note that although anyone may audition for a show at the South London Theatre, if cast you must be (or become) a member of the club. Proof of membership will be required at the first rehearsal. Membership information can be found here
For more details, please contact James Hough, Director
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