Mirabell and Millamant are within an ace of becoming the perfect couple, star players in the game of love, past masters in the art of seduction, each the equal of the other in their glamour and good looks. But all that counts for nothing without hard cash. Millamant’s inheritance becomes a much-sought after prize in this ingeniously plotted comedy of emotional intrigue and romantic double-bluff.

First performed in 1700 Congreve’s enduring classic has lost none of its comic perfection and stinging precision. This hilarious, passionate and brilliantly poised play is a pinnacle of Restoration drama.

CASTING

FOOTMAN + Male Cover   HOWARD CHADWICK

PETULANT   CHRISTOPHER COLQUHOUN

MINCING, PEG & BETTY   RACHEL FERJANI

FAINALL   PAUL HIGGINS

MRS MARWOOD   CAROLINE LANGRISHE

WAITWELL & ATTENDANT   SIMON LENAGAN

FOIBLE    PAULINE LOCKHART

WITWOUD T   OBIAS MENZIES

MRS MILLAMANT    EMILY MORGAN

MIRABELL   LLOYD OWEN

MRS FAINALL   CATHERINE RUSSELL

SIR WILFULL WITWOUD   JAMES SAXON

LADY WISHFORT

Female Cover Dawn Finnerty

Director   Matthew Lloyd

Designer   Rae Smith

Lighting   Chris Davey

Sound   RET Sound Department

Choreographer   Mark Bruce

Company Manager   Louise Tischler

Stage Manager   Louise Ormerod

Deputy Stage Manager   Lisa Williams

Assistant Stage Manager   Andrew Hall