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PRODUCTION: After Magritte (Surreal Comedy) PRODUCTION DATE: 19th May 2001 DIRECTED BY: Doreen Cripps STAGED: The Burgess Hill Theatre. SYNOPSIS: Two ballroom dancers, a man and a woman named Reginald and Thelma Harris, are hurriedly getting ready for an event. A lampshade which had used bullets as a counterweight has broken and a woman crawls on the floor to look for them. The mother plays the tuba. A policeman watching from outside finds the activity inside suspicious and calls in his inspector. The inspector asks about the family's memories of a man they had seen outside of the Tate Museum where a René Magritte exhibit is being held. He invents an entirely false story, accusing the family of complicity in a crime known as the Crippled Minstrel Caper. AUTHOR / PLAYWRIGHT: Tom Stoppard BHTC NOTES: This production was performed as part of the clubs on-going programme of encouraging new directors and club members to gain acting experience, whilst entertaining members, patrons, family and friends.
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