by Constance Cox
Loft Theatre Company, April 1991
Director: Denzil Pugh
Yours truly as the eponymous peer in Constance Cox’s Lord
Arthur Savile’s Crime, based on the story by Oscar Wilde.
Bryan Ferriman is my devoted manservant, Baines.
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Bryan looks on as I conduct business with Herr Winkelkopf, a
self-styled anarchist, played by Ron Webb. The cream suit is a
favourite of the Loft wardrobe department and still makes regular
appearances on stage these days, sadly, with younger and
slimmer actors than I inside it.
Covering my tracks with my fiancée Sybil, played by the
gorgeous Julie Godfrey (née Parsons). Now a Loft regular, this
was Julie’s first local production after moving to the area from
Brighton. Sue Moore appears to have sat on something sharp.
Ron Webb is clearly bored rigid by my performance, while Marlene Penn
looks on in horror. The chaise longue is another veteran
performer, recognised by Loft audiences in show after show and greeted
like an old friend.
Bryan attempts surreptitiously to point out that the woman in K19 has
fallen asleep, while Julie checks the result of the 3.30 at Kempton
Park and I practise my Tim Nice-But-Dim expression.