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by Tom Stoppard

Directed by Michael McArdle

Saturday 13th – Saturday 20th April 1985 in the Auditorium

Hoopsa, boyaboy, hoopsa!

What other playwright could pull it off: James Joyce, Tristan Tzara and Lenin improbably stuck side by side in the parched earth of Zurich in 1917 and defended with antic and eccentric vigour by Henry Carr, a semi-fictitious British consul cast as Ernest in an amateur production, master-minded by Joyce, of Wilde’s Importance of Bing Earnest.

Hurrah for Stoppard!

Part of the Barn’s 1984/1985 season

Presented by The Barn Theatre Club

Cast

Henry Carr	-	Keith Bridgeman
Tristan Tzara	-	Steve Jacobs
James Joyce	-	Dick Breeze
Lenin	-	Desmond Harper
Bennett	-	George Blee
Gwendolen	-	Shân Fisher
Cecily	-	Sarah McCarthy
Nadya	-	Jo Davies

Creative team

Director	-	Michael McArdle
Stage Manager	-	Norman Merry
Assistant Stage Managers	-	Belinda Putley
		Anna Pepper
		Martin Gadd
		Mel Dixon
Set Design	-	Michael McKever
Set Building	-	Andrew Gilchrist
Set Building	-	Members of The Barn Theatre Club
Lighting	-	Derek Palmer
Lighting	-	Brenda Newey
Sound	-	David B Collinson
Costumes	-	Marion Canadine
Properties	-	Deborah Thompson
Properties	-	Kris Moore
Choreography	-	Deborah Thompson
Poster Design	-	John Riley
Magic Adviser	-	Sid Slavny
Assistant Producer	-	Carole Couzens
Production Secretary	-	Sylvia Pepper
Green Room Coffee	-	Dorothy Otterburn

Thanks to the Red Lion Inn, Welwyn for the loan of furniture