Old Bachelor

"In The Old Bachelor we have three or four concurrent plots, which become interwoven, indeed, at the end.... It is recorded that the successive unmasking of four beautiful women gave the audience such delight that they burst into a thunder of applause.

"Here, then, was a play compounded of quite familiar elements, and attempting nothing in the least new or ambitious in technic.... But each of the actions was clear, spirited, and suited to the taste of the day; and the familiarity of the material was redeemed by the novel vivacity of the author's wit." - Summary by William Archer, editor, 1912

Cast list:

Heartwell, a surly old bachelor, pretending to slight women, secretly in love with Silvia: ToddHW

Bellmour, in love with Belinda: Jason in Panama

Vainlove, capricious in his love; in love with Araminta: Tomas Peter

Sharper: KHand

Sir Joseph Wittol: Adrian Stephens

Captain Bluffe: Adam Bielka

Fondlewife, a banker: Larry Wilson

Setter, a pimp: alanmapstone

Barnaby, servant to Fondlewife: Craig Franklin

Araminta, in love with Vainlove: B L Newman

Belinda, her cousin, an affected lady, in love with Bellmour: JennPratt

Lætitia, wife to Fondlewife: Sonia

Sylvia, Vainlove’s forsaken mistress: Availle

Lucy, her maid: Lisanne Lavoie

Betty: Lydia

Boy: Elijah Fisher

Footman: Nemo

Music-Master: Elijah Fisher

Servant to Fondlewife: Elijah Fisher

Stage Directions: MichaelMaggs

Editing: ToddHW