Miners Alley Playhouse presents “Habeas Corpus" January 22, 2010

Miners Alley Playhouse presents
Habeas Corpus
By Alan Bennett
Directed by Richard Pegg
Miners Alley Playhouse presents “Habeas Corpus,” January 15 through February 28, with performances every Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. *Sunday, Feb. 28 will be at 2 p.m.—no evening performance on this date.* Opening night features a great, gala hors d’ oeuvres reception after the show; audience is invited to join the festivities and mingle with the cast. On Saturday, January 23, Miners Alley holds its "Second Saturday" talk back with the cast after the performance. Tickets are $20 ($21 online) and are available by calling 303-935-3044 or online at minersalley.com.
This play introduces the Wickstead family, their friends and acquaintances, for whom the determination to put sex and satisfaction of the body before everything else is the ruling passion of their lives. Set in England in Brighton’s plush silk stocking district of Hove during the halcyon days of the 1960’s permissive society, Alan Bennett’s gorgeous seaside farce is a glorious confusion of crossed wires, mistaken identities and offbeat encounters. Fast moving, hilarious and guaranteed to make you laugh out loud, Habeas Corpus celebrates the joys of the human body; a seaside postcard bursting into life in Bennett’s inimitable style. As Dr. Wickstead says, “He who lusts last, lusts longest!”
The cast includes David Blumenstock, Nathan Bock, Kestrel Burley, Jon Diack, Verl Hite, Bethany Lillis, Adam Perkes, Deborah Persoff, Lindsey Pierce, Theresa Reid and Todd Sorenson.
"A marvelous, freaky farce... rowdy and ribald."-NBC
Alan Bennett, prolific author, humorist and playwright, has been writing for the stage, film, television and radio since the early 1960’s. In 1994, Bennett adapted his popular and much-praised 1991 play The Madness of George III for the cinema as The Madness of King George, and received four Academy Award nominations. His critically acclaimed The History Boys won three Laurence Olivier Awards in 2005 for Best New Play, Best Actor and Best Direction; the Society of London Theatre Special Award, 2005 and the Tony Award for Best Play, 2006. Bennett received the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre.
Miners Alley Playhouse presents “Habeas Corpus” - Crossed wires, mistaken identities and offbeat encounters take place during the halcyon days of the 1960’s permissive society.
Jan. 15 – Feb. 28 - Fri./Sat. 7:30 p.m.; *Sun. 6 p.m. \ *Sunday, Feb. 28 will be at 2 p.m. There will be no evening show on this date. 1224 Washington Avenue (13th and Washington 2nd floor entrance on 13th). Tickets: $20 ($21 online). Call 303-935-3044 or online at minersalley.com - * For Mature Audiences
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