THE CANTERVILLE GHOST-LEAFLET 2004-2005

The EOI of Almeria presents:

NO LAUGHING MATTER THEATRE COMPANY
In

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
By OSCAR WILDE

Esta es la segunda vez que alumnos del grupo de teatro del departamento de inglés ponen en escena una obra. La primera fue un gran éxito: Romeo and Juliet , agradó y entusiasmó al público. Para nosotros los que componemos el grupo de teatro ‘No Laughing Matter’ fue una gran experiencia como también lo ha sido esta vez. Formamos un gran equipo con ganas de trabajar y aprender. Somos un grupo formado por alumnos, ex-alumnos y profesores con una afición en común: el teatro.
Quisiéramos hacer una mención especial a Gerardo Parra, que sin tener relación con la EOI de Almería se ha ofrecido como técnico de sonido y ya es uno más entre nosotros.
Esperamos que paséis un rato agradable y disfrutéis con esta obra divertida.

INTRODUCTION

Oscar Wilde lived in the Victorian age. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1854. He studied at Oxford University in England. His plays and stories are often very light-hearted. They laugh at Victorian beliefs. He often suggested that art and wit were the most important things in life. He liked to shock people.

PLOT

Mr Otis and his family come from modern democratic America to live in old-fashioned England. They move into an old house in the middle of the countryside. As soon as they arrive, they hear a mysterious story about a ghost. Then, very strange things begin to happen. There is a bloodstain which changes colour. There are terrible noises at night. Finally, Mr and Mrs Otis´s daughter, Virginia, disappears…

America was a new nation, growing in power and success. Many English people thought that it had money but no civilization. Oscar Wilde sometimes also laughed at the Americans. But in The Canterville Ghost, the American family have many good qualities. Wilde shows that the English can learn from the fresh attitudes and behaviour of Mr Otis and his family. They are not afraid of anything.

This story is one of Oscar Wilde´s most famous works.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!

CAST:

GHOST ……………………….ADOLFO ROSILLO HERRERA
MR OTIS ……………………. ENRIQUE SEGURA RECHE
MRS OTIS…………………… HELENA BOSSINI CASTILLO
VIRGINIA OTIS……………. ENCARNY ROMERO PASCUAL
WASHINGTON OTIS ……..RAMIRO CEBREIROS ALVAREZ
CINDY OTIS……………….. SOFIA CAMACHO ESTRADA
ROBBY OTIS ………………..EDUARDO GARCÍA ROJAS
CECIL………………………….SIMON RODRIGUEZ CRUZ
LADY CANTERVILLE …… ROSANA SIERRA BARRANCO
MRS UMNEY ………………..REMEDIOS MATUTE LOPEZ
SERVANT……………….Mª DEL MAR MARQUEZ MADRID

NARRATOR……………………YOLANDA MARTIN GARCIA

MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS…….GERARDO PARRA JUAN
DE LA CRUZ