An Ideal Husband
directed by Claudia Wade
Thurs.-Sat., April 25-May 11, 7:30 p.m.
The Davies Foundation Auditorium
52 Church St., Kingston, ON
Left to right: Douglas McNichol, Suzanne Kerr, Angie Roberts, Matthew Davis, Alex Boese, Will Britton, David Lay, Anne-Marie Bergman, Lorna Jodoin, Don Mitchell, Dave Kearney, Tammie Boomhour, Graeme Watson, Diane Clarke
Anne-Marie Bergman and Will Britton |
Sir Robert Chiltern has had a successful political career, rising to the post of Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs. He also has a reputation as an honest and decent man. But then a woman appears at a party at his home and informs him she has something to discuss with him.
The woman is a Mrs. Cheveley. What she wants is Sir Robert's support for a canal scheme in which she hopes the British government will invest. Sir Robert is not impressed with the scheme—but Mrs. Cheveley has an 18-year-old letter that provides evidence that in his youth, Sir Robert sold state secrets.
This could destroy his career, but at least as important to Sir Robert is the fact that it could—in fact, almost certainly will—destroy his wife's faith in him."Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." An Ideal Husband was first produced in 1895, and together with The Importance of Being Earnest, is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest, it is his most produced play.
Cast |
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| Miss Mabel Chiltern | Alex Boese |
| Mrs. Cheveley | Anne-Marie Bergman |
| Countess of Basildon | Angie Roberts |
| Mason | David Lay |
| Sir Robert Chiltern | Don Mitchell |
| Vicomte de Nanjac | D.T. McNichol |
| Phipps | Graeme Watson |
| Lady Chiltern | Lorna Jodoin |
| The Earl of Caversham | Matthew Davis |
| Lady Markby | Suzanne Kerr |
| Mrs. Marchmont | Tammie Boomhour |
| Mr. Montford | Dave Kearney |
| Viscount Goring | Will Britton |
| A Butler | Diane Clarke |
| A Maid | Elaine Otter |
Production Crew |
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| Producers | Liz Schell Bob Brooks |
| Director | Claudia Wade |
| Stage Manager | Marion Savage |
| Asst. Stage Manager | Carolyn Burley |
| Set & Lighting Design | David L. Smith |
| Sound Design | Michelle McNichol |
| Costume Design | Sarah Toomey Anne Aston |
| Set Dressing | Liz Schell |
| Wig & Hair Design | Rachel Vandenberg |
| Corset Maker | Jennifer Coe |
| Props & Backstage Crew | Diane Clarke Elaine Otter |
| Dialect Coach | Pat Gray |
| Lighting Operators | Alex Cooper Marlene Buttress |
| Sound Operators | Michelle McNichol James Leslie |
| Chief Carpenter | Bob Brooks |
| Chief Set Painter | Adrian Cooper |
| Builders and Painters | Bob Brooks Liz Schell Dave Oliver Dave Kearney Lorna Jodoin James Gow Will Britton Rick Jodoin John Corrigan Adrian Cooper |
| Lobby Photography | Ian Malcolm |
| Archival Photography | Grant Buckler |
| Poster Design | Katie Flower-Smith |
| Lobby Art Curator | Liz Schell |
| Front of House Co-ordinator | Steve Powell |