Dennis works as a hearse driver for an undertaker. Hal’s old Mum has just died. They rob the bank next door to the funeral parlour and find just the place to hide the loot.
Category: Barry Baynton
2003
Continue Reading
Far From The Madding Crowd
The passion, melodrama, earthy humour and strong, gripping plot of Thomas Hardy’s novel are vividly conveyed in Matthew White’s fast-moving and admirably economical adaptation.
2003
Continue Reading
The Lion in Winter
King Henry, his wife Eleanor, whom he has kept imprisoned in a tower for the past ten years; and their three sons, vye for the privilege of being named heir to the English throne.
2002
Continue Reading
On The Razzle
The story is basically one long chase, chiefly after two naughty grocer’s assistants, who, when their master goes off on a binge with a new mistress, escape to Vienna on a spree.
2001
Continue Reading
David Copperfield
Following the adventures of its eponymous hero from birth through three decades, this acclaimed stage adaptation presents a plethora of brilliant characters from the original novel.
2001
Continue Reading
Ten Times Table
The leading lights of the village have decided to hold a pageant of local history. But there’s a left wing teacher on the committee who decides to turn it into a rally for proletarian revolution.
2001
Continue Reading
The Madness of George III
George III becomes increasingly erratic after losing the American colonies so doctors are brought in to cure his madness. One man has a motive for easing the king further into madness.
2000
Continue Reading
The Crucible
Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. A small group of girls ‘cry out’ against other people in the town, accusing them of witchcraft, in an attempt to cover up their own dabblings in the occult.
2000
Continue Reading
Habeas Corpus
The antics at the Wicksteed home are a satirical merry-go-round. Family, friends and the sexual satisfaction of the “corpus” (body) are the ruling passions in this farcical comedy of ill-manners.
1999
Continue Reading
Blithe Spirit
Charles Condomine, a fussy and cantankerous novelist, has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira.