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ABSURDIA
by N.F. Simpson and Michael Frayn
A Resounding Tinkle

ABSURDIA

by N.F. Simpson and Michael Frayn
26 July – 6 September 2007

A triple-bill of British Absurdist comedies. 

A Resounding Tinkle by N.F. Simpson

Gladly Otherwise by N.F. Simpson

The Crimson Hotel by Michael Frayn

 

‘An evening of high drung and slarrit’


In celebration of the British Absurdist playwrights, the Donmar’s new Associate Director Douglas Hodge stages Absurdia – two revivals of the work of N. F. Simpson, A Resounding Tinkle and Gladly Otherwise, and the world première of Michael Frayn’s The Crimson Hotel. These short one act plays will be performed as a triple-bill.

CAST

Judith Scott

Middie Paradock (A Resounding Tinkle)

Mrs Brandywine (Gladly Otherwise)

Bibette's Voice (The Crimson Hotel)

 

Peter Capaldi

Bro Paradock (A Resounding Tinkle)

Mr Brandywine (Gladly Otherwise)

Pilou (The Crimson Hotel)

 

Lyndsey Marshal

Uncle Ted (A Resounding Tinkle)

Lucienne (The Crimson Hotel)

 

John Hodgkinson

Vicar's Voice (A Resounding Tinkle)

Man (Gladly Otherwise)

Dodine's Voice (The Crimson Hotel)

 

PRODUCTION

Director Douglas Hodge

Designer Vicki Mortimer

Lighting Designer Paule Constable

Sound Designer Carolyn Downing

Composers Stu Barker and Douglas Hodge

Movement Carolina Valdés

Special Effects Scott Penrose

Casting Director Anne McNulty

 

Production Manager Patrick Molony

Company Stage Manager Maxine Foo

Deputy Stage Manager Kirsty Nixon

Assistant Stage Manager Emily Oliver

Assistant Director Alex Sims

Costume Supervisor Lynette Mauro

Dialect Coach Jan Haydn Rowles

Rheearsal Photographer Marc Brenner

Production Photographer Johan Persson

A Resounding Tinkle
A Resounding Tinkle