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COMMUNITY
THE PLAY THAT
CAME TO NEW
New College’s annual
production has concluded its
run in a final fit of laughter
that left audiences, cast
and crew entertained and with fond
memories. George S. Kaufman and
Moss Hart’s play, “The Man Who Came
to Dinner” took to the New College
stage for the third and last time on
Saturday 7 May in a hysterical evening
that was attended by more than 250
family, friends, residents and alumni.
The three-act classic satire, set in
1930s Ohio, combined an amusing mix
of oddball characters and cracking
one-liners in a hilarious tale of
romance, family drama and escalating
mayhem. Complete with an axe
murderer, an Egyptian mummy, and
seemingly random penguins the play
followed the insufferable yet hilarious
difficulties of famous radio personality
Sheridan Whiteside and his escapades
with the quaint Stanley family.
With 13 subcommittees working to
construct and design the set, organise
costumes, props, hair and makeup,
technical equipment, backstage, front
of house, promotion, fundraising and
live band performances, the college
community was on hand to ensure the
production lived up to the high quality
expected of New College plays. The
talented cast of 20 included:
24 New’n’Old 2015/2016
• Ben Spratt – Sheridan Whiteside
• Nicola Illiadis – Maggie Cutler
• Thomas Capell-Hattam – Bert
Jefferson
• James Nicol – Mr. Ernest Stanley
• Lauren Sullivan – Mrs Daisy Stanley
• Hayley Morris – Lorraine Sheldon
• Ryan Milham – Richard Stanley
• Emily Blanch – June Stanley
• Nivetha Ramkumar – Miss Preen
• Jacqueline Willing – Harriet Stanley
• Dan Unger – John (the Butler)
• Bri Watts – Sarah (the cook)
• James Hughes – Dr. Bradley
• Benjamin Phelps – Professor Metz
• Tom Von Stieglitz – Sandy
• Daniel Larratt – Beverly Carlton
• Michael Tran – Banjo
• Alexis O’Connor – Mrs Dexter
• Emily Trigge – Mrs McCutcheon
• John Ryan – Convict
The production could not have been
possible without the dedication and
passion of the hardworking directors,
Mirren “Sugar” McGuire and Josh
“Pensive” Green and producers
Annabelle “Nigel” Thorne and Henry
“Noddy” O’Callaghan.