Habeas Corpus

Written by Alan Bennett

Directed by David Stock 1975

*presented at the Mount Baker Secondary School auditorium

The Cast

Betty Nielson ............ Mrs. Swabb
Terry Green ................. Mr. Shanks
Bud Abbott .................. Dr. Arthur Wicksteed
Leila Owen .................. Muriel Wiksteed
Alan With ..................... Dennis Wicksteed
Miggs Sawchuk ........ Constance Wicksteed
Ed Mile .......................... Sir Percival Shorter
Philip Foster .............. Canon Throbbing
Ruth Ellingson .......... Lady Delia Rumpers
Joana Miazgo ............. Felicity Rumpers
Bud Brown .................. Mr. Purdue
Bob Beal ....................... Voice of God

The Crew

Paul Kershaw .............. Technical Director
Bob Beal .......................... Stage Manager
Bud Brown & David Stock ..... Program Crossword
Donna Frank .................. Program Biographies
Janet Elechko & Karen Swanson ..... Sound Effects
Dan Melody, David Butler ...... Spotlight
Carrrie Balding ..... Program Portraits, Layout & Typing
David Stock, Terry Green &
Parkland Drama Department ..... Publicity
Brent Catsirelis, Sharon Dodson &
Paul Kershaw ................... Lighting
Laure Roberts, Cliff Owen &
Bob Beal .............................. Back Stage Crew
Gerry Atchison, Linda Williams &
Penny Lewis ...................... Front of House
Mount Baker Stagecraft Class under the direction of Paul Kershaw ........ Set Design & Construction
Margaret Hogg, Marilyn Alleyn, Gayle Slobodian,
Cliff Owen ........... Costumes, Properties & Sound

About

Farce:

The antics at the Wicksteed home are a satirical merry-go-round. Family, friends and the sexual satisfaction of the "corpus" (body) are the ruling passions in this farcical comedy of ill-manners.

Through a dance of mistaken identities and carnal encounters, one motto holds fast:

‘He whose lust lasts, lasts longest’

*This play was staged a second time in 2000 at the Studio Stage Door.