Cast
in order of appearance
BONIFACE, landlord of an inn
CHERRY, the landlord’s daughter
DANIEL, the landlord’s servant
A LADY, set upon by robbers and disconcerted by it
JACK ARCHER, a gentleman of broken fortune, acting as a servant
TOM AIMWELL, a gentleman of broken fortune, acting as his master
GLOSS, a man of two professions, highwayman and clergyman
MRS. KATE SULLEN, Lady Bountiful’s daughter-in-law
DORINDA, Lady Bountiful’s daughter
LADY BOUNTIFUL, a country gentlewoman, foolishly fond of her son
SCRUB, servant to Sullen
A COUNTRY WOMAN, seeking medical advice
SULLEN, Lady Bountiful’s son, brutal to his wife
SERVANTS, serving in the Sullen Household
HOUNSLOW, a highwayman
BAGSHOT, a highwayman
SIR CHARLES FREEMAN, Mrs. Sullen’s brother
FOIGARD, a French parson
anxious to perform a wedding
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Links
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Thank you to the cast, the crew, and everyone who supported the play. To view the website for our Winter 2012 production, click here.
Okanagan College and
the Red Dot Players presented Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig's
adaptation of
George Farquhar's classic eighteenth-century comedy
The Beaux' Stratagem
on the following dates:
Friday, March 18th - 7:30 PM
Saturday, March 19th - 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 20th - 2:00 PM
Our poster was produced by students in the Writing and Publishing Diploma program at the Vernon campus of Okanagan College. For more information about the Writing and Publishing Diploma, please click here.
Plot
The play tells the story of two young bucks who, having spent all their
money by living too well, leave London and roam from town to town in
search of love and fortune. In order to find a wealthy heiress for at
least one of them, they pose as master and servant—exchanging roles from
one town to the next. In Lichfield, Aimwell is master and Archer the
servant, and there they meet the lovely, wealthy Dorinda and her equally
desirable sister-in-law, Mrs. Kate Sullen. They set their caps for these
women, but problems abound. Kate is married to a drunken sot who
despises her; the innkeeper’s saucy daughter, Cherry, has set her cap
for Archer; Dorinda’s mother, Lady Bountiful, mistakenly believes
herself to be a great healer of the sick, and she guards her daughters
like a dragoness; and a band of brigands plans to rob the house of Lady
Bountiful that very night, putting all schemes in jeopardy. This is a
play in the grand tradition of Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer
and Sheridan’s
The Rivals and School for Scandal. It is classic, robust and
hilarious.
Author Bio
KEN LUDWIG is an internationally acclaimed playwright whose many hits on
Broadway, in London’s West End and throughout the world have made his
name synonymous with modern comedy. He has won the Laurence Olivier
Award, England’s highest theatre honor, as well as three Tony Award
nominations and two Helen Hayes Awards. His work has been commissioned
by the Royal Shakespeare Company and has been performed in at least
thirty countries in over twenty languages. His musical Crazy For You
ran for over four years on Broadway and in London. Lend Me A Tenor,
originally produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and recently revived on
Broadway, was called “one of the two great farces by a living writer” by
The New York Times. Other plays and musicals include Moon Over
Buffalo (Broadway & London’s Old Vic, starring Carol Burnett, Lynn Redgrave, Joan Collins & Frank Langella); Twentieth Century
(Broadway, starring Alec Baldwin & Anne Heche); The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer (Broadway); Treasure Island (London, Theatre Royal,
Haymarket; 2009 AATE Distinguished Play Award for Best Adaptation);
Shakespeare in Hollywood (commissioned by The Royal Shakespeare
Company, Helen Hayes Award as Best Play); Leading Ladies; Be
My Baby (starring Hal Holbrook and Dixie Carter); The Beaux'
Stratagem (adaptation with Thornton Wilder at the request of the
Wilder Estate); The Three Musketeers (Bristol Old Vic); An
American in Paris; Sullivan & Gilbert; The Fox on the
Fairway; Sherlock!. He studied music at Harvard with Leonard
Bernstein and theatre history at Cambridge University in England. For
more information, please visit
www.kenludwig.com.
Cherry - Laura Savoie
Daniel - Kate Boulter
A Lady - Sherri Daun
Jack Archer - Jonathan A. Duncan
Tom Aimwell - James Paley
Gloss - Adam Butler
Mrs. Kate Sullen - Lauren Schafer
Dorinda - Justina LeeStolz
Lady Bountiful - Ann Marie Ruether
Scrub - Mike Boulter
A Country Woman - Jennifer Cleven
Sullen - Clinton Allen
Servants - Kate Boulter, Ela Demic
Hounslow - Amanda Dickinson
Bagshot - Amelia Scott
Sir Charles Freeman - Dylan Sharhon
Foigard - Lily Krank
Costumes - Leanna Jantzi, Ann Marie Ruether, Ela Demic
Director - Jeremy Beaulne
Fight Choreographer - F. Braun McAsh
Music - Terry Scarborough
Poster - Jason Dewinetz
Producers - Sasha Johnston, Mike Minions, Matt Kavanagh
Program - Kevin McPherson
Props - Kayli Ruck, Dwight Carroll, Jeremy Beaulne
Set - Dwight Carroll, Jeremy Beaulne
Stage Manager - Lily Krank
Rehearsal Schedule
To view our rehearsal schedule, please click here.
Contact Us
To make inquiries about the show, volunteer to help backstage, or subscribe to our mailing list, please contact Jeremy Beaulne at JBeaulne@okanagan.bc.ca.
This page was last updated on
February 17, 2012, by the
Red Dot Players.