March 10, 1998 to March 14, 1998
Directed by Vida Ayres
The story concerns Lady Windermere, who discovers that her husband may be having an affair with another woman. She confronts her husband but he instead invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere leaves her husband for another lover. After discovering what has transpired, Mrs Erlynne follows Lady Windermere and attempts to persuade her to return to her husband and in the course of this, Mrs Erlynne is discovered in a compromising position. It is then revealed Mrs Erlynne is Lady Windermere’s mother, who abandoned her family twenty years before the time the play is set. Mrs Erlynne sacrifices herself and her reputation in order to save her daughter's marriage. The best known line of the play sums up the central theme:
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.—Lord Darlington
Cast
Lord Windermere...............Martin Illston The Duchess of Berwick...........Janet Townes
Lord Darlington...................Gordon Gell Lady Agatha Carlisle.............Suzanne Illston
Lord Augustus...................Alan Morton Lady Plymdale.............................Sue Orme
Mr Dumby........................Mike Asprey Lady Stutfield.........................Pauline Green
Mr Cecil Graham......Richard Stevenson Lady Jedburgh.....................Anthea Blundell
Mr Hopper.......................Matt Wildash Mrs Cowper-Cowper....................Val Whitley
Parker (Butler).....................Phil Upton Mrs Erlynne........................Marjorie Howarth
Lady Windermere..............Helen Ryder Rosalie (Maid)........................Audrey Warne
Maid........................................Pat Watkins
For The Marlowe Players
Stage Manager................Steve Cooper Properties...........Pat Upton, Jenny McDonald
Set Design.........................Gil Townes Continuity................................Andrea White
Set Construction.................Gil Townes Front of House....................Jenny McDonald
..................Steve Cooper, Vince Morris Publicity.................Sue Orme, Janet Townes
.................Frank Grundy, Tony Whitley Photography...............................Dean Davis
Lighting............................Tony Whitley Hairdressing..........................Helen Howarth
Sound................................Gil Townes Wardrobe C0-Ordinator..............Pat Watkins
