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An Experiment with an Air Pump
by
Shelagh Stephenson
Directed by Mike Rogerson
10th - 17th October 2015
An Experiment with an Air Pump was first seen
at the Royal Exchange in 1998. It offers a whole series of moral
problems across two centuries, for it is simultaneously set in the
same room at the end of 1799 and the end of 1999, switching from one
date to the other.
In 1799, on the eve of a new century, a northern English house buzzes
with scientific experiments, furtive romance, and farcical amateur
dramatics. But in 1999, in a world of scientific chaos and genetic
engineering, the same house reveals a dark secret buried for 200
years.
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| Dr Joseph Fenwick (1799) | Paul Reid |
| Susannah Fenwick (1799) | Rani Jackson |
| Harriet Fenwick (1799) | Anna Sillitoe |
| Maria Fenwick (1799) | Vicky Bourne |
| Peter Mark Roget (1799) | Josh Neary |
| Thomas Armstrong (1799) | Mark Rowlands |
| Isobel Bridie (1799) | Emma Toms |
| Ellen (1999) | Rani Jackson |
| Tom (1999) | Paul Reid |
| Phil (1999) | Mark Rowlands |
| Kate (1999) | Anna Sillitoe |
| Assistant Director | Linda Batson |
| Stage Manager | Bob Stewart |
| ASMs | Clare Lewis, Jessica Trimble, Ben Shotton,
Alison Fleming, Jill Stringer |
| Prompt | Adele Taylor |
| Props | Fenella Fowkes, Clare Lewis |
| Model Maker | Jacque Bilsborough |
| Décor | Diana Boswell |
| Lighting | Bruce Williams |
| Sound | Keith Cooney |
| Wardrobe | Olive Bradbury, Linda Batson, Carole Holmes |
| Hair | Julie Dooley |
| Rehearsal photographs | Chris Hills |
| House Manager | Ian Cole, Ian McBride |
The play was kindly sponsored by:
SC & P Jones, Builders & Plumbers Merchant and Bathroom Specialists
IAN LLOYD at THE FLOWER SHOP |
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