Habeas Corpus
- May 15th 2009 to May 16th 2009
OLD BUCKENHAM PLAYERS
present
Alan Bennett’s
Habeas Corpus
More innuendo than you can shake your stick at!
From one of England’s finest playwrights this saucy comedy of the 1960s so-called ‘permissive society’ is hilarious from start to finish. It concerns the aging Dr. Arthur Wicksteed and his pursuit of a nubile patient, Felicity Rumpers. Wicksteed’s wife, Muriel, is, in turn, lusting after the vertically challenged head of the BMA, Sir Percy Shorter, who, as well as being Wicksteed’s old rival, turns out to have other intimate liaisons hidden away in the closet. Meanwhile, Wicksteed’s spinster sister Connie, ashamed of her flat-chestedness, has schemes of her own. Mrs Swabb, the housekeeper, pushes the action along in league with the audience.
Bennett knows how to take the joke so far and not beyond the point of acceptability while bringing us back to earth with a bump occasionally, making for an exhilarating, and occasionally thought-provoking, evening of huge enjoyment.
Licensed bar
Thursday 14th, Friday 15th and Saturday 16th May 2009 at 7.30pm at Old Buckenham Village Hall, Norfolk
Tickets £6 available from Old Buckenham Post Office, Nuts ‘n’ Bolts in Attleborough or call 01362 697260
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