Arsenic and Old Lace

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Event Arsenic and Old Lace
Venue Unity Theatre, Gisborne, New Zealand
First Date 1966
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The play is a farce revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a theatre-hating drama critic who must deal with his crazy family and local police as he debates whether to go through with marrying the woman he loves. His family include two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering old men by poisoning them with arsenic, a brother who believes he's Teddy Roosevelt, and a criminally murderous brother who - due to botched plastic surgery to evade the authorities - now looks like horror-film actor Boris Karloff.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Farce
Subjects Family
Madness
Murder
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Derek Bird Actor Jonathan Brewster
Margaret Crawforth Actor Abby Brewster
Harold Dover Actor Dr Herman Einstein
Jack Mackie Actor Teddy Brewster
Owen Poole Actor Mortimer Brewster
Margaret Scaife Actor
Leaone Small Actor Martha Brewster
Joseph Kesselring Playwright
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 201783