Kind Hearts and Coronets
By Roy Horniman adapted by Derek Webb
Archie Gascoyne Williams is a man on a mission. He comes from the long, illustrious and very wealthy Gascoyne family through his mother but she was disowned by the family because she married beneath her rank by marrying a travelling salesman in ladies underwear! Nevertheless, as Archie discovers, by the laws of heredity, he is in line to inherit the title of Earl Gascoyne, and thus the family fortunes, should the intervening Gascoynes die!
He decides to set about working his way up the family tree until he inherits the Gascoyne fortune by the simple expedient of murdering those members of the family that are in his way! Besides having his eyes set on the Gascoyne title, he also has his eye on Sibella – the extrovert, sexy sister of Archie’s best friend Grahame Hallward, as well as Edith Gascoyne, and Esther Lane the nursery maid. Life’s never simple, is it?
Kind Hearts and Coronets is a black comedy suitable for the whole family and cracking entertainment for the summer holidays. It is adapted by Derek Webb from the original novel ‘Israel Rank’ by Roy Horniman, on which the classic and brilliant 1949 Ealing Comedy was based.
Wednesday 30th July to Saturday 2nd August 7.30pm
Ticket prices £18 Standard price / £20 for premier seats / £12 for children & students