'If there were dreams to sell, Merry and sad to tell,
And the crier rung the bell, What would you buy?'

Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803 - 1849), Dream-Pedlary


OSWALD'S RETURN

Written by Guy van der Westhuizen
Produced & Directed by Emma King-Farlow


Thursday 13th - Saturday 15th May at 8.00 pm
The Old Sorting Office, Barnes Pond, SW13 0LF


Oswald's Return is a two-act comedy, written by new playwright Guy van der Westhuizen, which light-heartedly explores some of the conflicts arising between different generations, nationalities & religions.  Set over the course of a single winter's evening, Cordelia introduces her fiancé's parents, Marty & Ida Baumshnutzweiner, to her own parents, Gerald & Agatha Proudcock, over dinner at their English country home.  Cordelia is desperate for the in-laws to get along well but, despite her best diplomatic efforts, un-navigable conflicts & personal agendas abound.

This is a play for anybody who has ever been embarrassed by their parents, loved their children, disliked their in-laws, mistrusted foreigners, been Jewish, suffered from manic depression or converted to Catholicism!


The Cast
Tom Blakeney - Gerald Proudcock
Susan Moisan - Agatha Proudcock
Ann Acott - Cordelia Proudcock
Edward Nash - Martin Baumschnutzweiner
Roxaneh Renton - Ida Baumschnutzweiner
Oliver Walters - Daniel Baumschnutzweiner

Biographies coming soon...