Lace & Arsenic at heart of Graigue comedy play
Not even Storm Emma could stop Graiguenamanagh’s Duiske Players from rehearsing for their production of ‘Arsenic & Old Lace’ on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
This production is being directed by group stalwart Helen Kavanagh. The play is a farcical black comedy revolving around the ‘seemingly well-to-do’ Brewster family, who were descended from the Mayflower, but now composed of a host of other attributes! The leading ladies - two spinster sisters Abby and Martha Brewster (Edel Bolger and Stas Bolger) have developed very bad habits with their homemade elderberry wine, which some could only describe as lethal. Their nephew Teddy Brewster (Paul Hickey), who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt, also lives with the sisters and assists them in their daily duties and is on hand to help when his brother Johnathan (Peter Prendergast) and his alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein (Pat Kavanagh) come to visit. Mortimer Brewster (Edward Hayden), is a dramatic critic who must deal not only with his crazy family but also the regular visits from the local police officers (John Meaney, Jim Whelan, Jim Kielthy, Nathan Dunne) in Brooklyn, New York, and also continue to make plans to marry the woman he loves. Lighting is by Feekie O’Brien, Sound is by Mark Bolger, Make-up is by Deborah Murray with Bonnie Prendergast, Maura Gahan, Marian Kielthy and Liz Whelan leading the front of house team. Admission is €10 and doors open at 7 p.m. Large crowds are expected for these shows. Seating will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.