Cast
Alfred "Alfie" Elkins - Jonathan Granger Ruby - Lucia Schmidt Siddie - Angela Boyd Lily - Miranda Ford Annie - Juno De Luca Gilda - Mandy Owens Carla - Judith Lloyd Doctor - Debbra Nunn Harry - Todd Williams
Synopsis
The play begins with Alfie Elkins ending a relationship with a married woman, Siddie, and getting the woman from another of his affairs, Gilda, pregnant. The play then follows his life for a few years, documenting events that lead to the character's emotional growth, starting with the birth of his son.
Alfie has a health check for hereditary diseases, but his inability to commit to the child's mother leads to her marrying a bus conductor. The health check reveals Alfie has tubercular shadows on his lungs, and this, combined with being banned from seeing his son, leads him to have a brief mental breakdown.
Alfie then spends time in a convalescent home, where he meets Harry, who confronts him about his delusion that he is doing no harm, and Harry's wife, whom he gets pregnant in a one-night stand. Later on in the play, the ensuing abortion is a turning point for the character, and the only time other than his passing out/breakdown where he exhibits real emotion?breaking down in tears at the sight of the aborted fetus.
In the meantime, he meets Ruby, an older, voluptuous, affluent, and promiscuous American, while freelancing taking holiday photos of tourists near the Tower of London. Later, as a car-hire chauffeur, he picks up a young hitchhiker, Annie from Sheffield, looking to make a fresh start in London, who moves in with him. She proves preoccupied with a love left behind, scrubbing Alfie's floor, doing his laundry, and preparing his meals to compensate. He grows resentful of the relationship and drives her out with an angry outburst, later regretting it.
Near the play's close, Alfie decides to change his non-committal ways and settle down, albeit with the rich Ruby. The day he chooses to suggest this to her, he finds a younger man in her bed, leaving him on his own and disheartened at the film's end and wondering "What's it all about' You know what I mean".
((As always, here's where you can add your experience of going to the theater. Respect the setting, and just have fun!
Alfred "Alfie" Elkins - Jonathan Granger Ruby - Lucia Schmidt Siddie - Angela Boyd Lily - Miranda Ford Annie - Juno De Luca Gilda - Mandy Owens Carla - Judith Lloyd Doctor - Debbra Nunn Harry - Todd Williams
Synopsis
The play begins with Alfie Elkins ending a relationship with a married woman, Siddie, and getting the woman from another of his affairs, Gilda, pregnant. The play then follows his life for a few years, documenting events that lead to the character's emotional growth, starting with the birth of his son.
Alfie has a health check for hereditary diseases, but his inability to commit to the child's mother leads to her marrying a bus conductor. The health check reveals Alfie has tubercular shadows on his lungs, and this, combined with being banned from seeing his son, leads him to have a brief mental breakdown.
Alfie then spends time in a convalescent home, where he meets Harry, who confronts him about his delusion that he is doing no harm, and Harry's wife, whom he gets pregnant in a one-night stand. Later on in the play, the ensuing abortion is a turning point for the character, and the only time other than his passing out/breakdown where he exhibits real emotion?breaking down in tears at the sight of the aborted fetus.
In the meantime, he meets Ruby, an older, voluptuous, affluent, and promiscuous American, while freelancing taking holiday photos of tourists near the Tower of London. Later, as a car-hire chauffeur, he picks up a young hitchhiker, Annie from Sheffield, looking to make a fresh start in London, who moves in with him. She proves preoccupied with a love left behind, scrubbing Alfie's floor, doing his laundry, and preparing his meals to compensate. He grows resentful of the relationship and drives her out with an angry outburst, later regretting it.
Near the play's close, Alfie decides to change his non-committal ways and settle down, albeit with the rich Ruby. The day he chooses to suggest this to her, he finds a younger man in her bed, leaving him on his own and disheartened at the film's end and wondering "What's it all about' You know what I mean".
((As always, here's where you can add your experience of going to the theater. Respect the setting, and just have fun!