ARMS & THE MAN
Cast
Directed by: Keith Jefferies
Genre: Comedy
Group: BHTC
Staged: The Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
Chris Haddow
Nancy Forsdike
June Colledge
Leon Figg
Peter Hall
Neil Batsford
Keith Jefferies
Anthony Hole
Synopsis:
In a war between Bulgaria and Serbia, an enemy Serbian soldier climbs a drainpipe to a young Bulgarian woman’s bedroom for shelter and shatters her every romantic notion about love and valor. A jealous lover, a bumbling military father, and a domineering and social-climbing mother round out a perfectly hilarious and charmingly ludicrous look at life in the old world of Eastern Europe.
Arms and the Man is a burlesque of Victorian attitudes to heroism, war and empire. In the contrast between Bluntschli, the mercenary soldier, and the brave leader, Sergius, the true nature of valour is revealed. One of Bernard Shaw’s most glittering comedies.
PLAYWRIGHT:
G. Bernard Shaw (he hated the "George" and never used it, either personally or professionally) was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
Production Date: 1973
Raina Petkoff
Catherine Petkoff
Louka
Captain Bluntschli
A Russian Officer
Nicola
Major Petkoff
Major Sergius Saranoff
Stage Manager
Prompt
Lighting & Effects
Propeties
Wardrobe
Front of House Manager
Publicity
Barbara Chamberlaiin
Christine Batsford
Roy Graham
Pamela Jefferies & Ena Barron
Elizabeth Batten
Sheila Tapner
Joan O'Meara
Crew
Playwright: G Bernard Shaw
BHTC Production Number: 76
