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Habeas Corpus at Menier Chocolate Factor

Habeas Corpus at Menier Chocolate Factor

Initial Casting Announced for Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus at Menier Chocolate Factory

by Staff Writer
September 20, 2021
Reading Time: 2 mins read

The Menier Chocolate Factory today announces initial casting for their production of Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus. 

Patrick Marber directs Kirsty Besterman (Constance Wicksteed), Jasper Britton (Arthur Wicksteed), Matthew Cottle (Canon Throbbing), Ria Jones (Mrs Swabb), Thomas Josling (Dennis Wicksteed), Caroline Langrishe (Lady Rumpers), Catherine Russell (Muriel Wicksteed) and Abdul Salis (Mr Shanks).

The production opens on 13 December, with previews from 3 December, running until 26 February 2022. Full casting will be announced shortly. Ticket information can be found here.

       

The antics of the Wicksteed home are a darkly satirical merry-go-round in Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus.  Family, friends and the quest for sexual pleasures of the body (“corpus”) are the ruling passions in this farcical comedy of ill-manners. Through an escapade of mistaken identities and carnal encounters, one motto holds fast: “He whose lust lasts, lasts longest.”

Multi-award-winning playwright Alan Bennett is also a screenwriter, actor and author. His other works for the stage include The History Boys, The Habit of Art, The Lady in the Van, Talking Heads, The Madness of George III, Kafka’s Dick, Enjoy, The Old County and A Cuckoo in the Nest.

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