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Bunbury

A Serious Play for Trivial People

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Bunbury

By: Tom Jacobson
Narrated by: Jean Gilpin, Kathryn Hahn, Melinda Page Hamilton, full cast
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What if...Romeo and Juliet had a happy ending? Or Blanche Dubois didn’t go crazy? Or the three sisters actually made it to Moscow? When he discovers he’s only a fictitious, never-seen character in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Bunbury joins forces with Rosaline, Romeo’s never-seen obsession from Romeo and Juliet. Together they infiltrate and alter classic literature.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July 2006.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg

Jean Gilpin as Lady Bracknell/Martha/Old Cecily

Kathryn Hahn as Rosaline/Masha

Melinda Page Hamilton as Cecily/Blanche/Irina

Peter Paige as Bunbury

Amanda Rowan as Gwendolyn/Olga/Juliet

Orlando Seale as Hartley/Romeo/Vladimir

André Sogliuzzo as Algernon/Alan/Jim

John Vickery as Friar Lawrence/Lawyer/George/Old Alg

Matthew Wolf as Jack/Estragon/Voice of the Peacock

Associate Producer: Brendon Fox

Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Mixer: Mark Holden

Stage Manager/Foley Artist: Amy Bristol

©2006 Tom Jacobson (P)2006 L.A. Theatre Works
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What would happen if Romeo and Juliet had a happy ending, Tennessee Williams's Blanche Dubois did not go mad, or Chekhov's Three Sisters really did make it to Moscow? This play strives to answer these questions. To recap all the literary and dramatic alterations found in this play would be impossible. What is possible to note is the outstanding performance by Peter Paige, who, as Bunbury, employs an animated vocal style to create a most interesting character. Overall, the production is well paced, with each character definitively voiced with energy and focus. Listeners will enjoy this journey through altered classic literature.

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