Play Guide [2.6MB PDF] - Arizona Theatre Company

CHARACTERS
SYNOPSIS
Jane Twisden: The maid. Jane expresses complete loyalty to her former mistress
(employer) Lady Irma Vep and cannot stand Nicodemus.
Nicodemus: The grounds man. He has a peg leg and a cockney accent.
Lady Enid: The current lady of Mandacrest. She is
Lord Edgar’s second wife and a former actress.
Lord Edgar: The lord of the manor. He is an
Egyptologist. He is haunted by the memory of his
fi rst wife, Irma Vep.
Alcazar: An Egyptian guide.
Pev Amri: An Egyptian princess and mummy.
An Intruder: An intruder.
Irma Vep: ????
SYNOPSIS
In a remote manor called Mandacrest, something is
amiss. Between a wolf on the loose attacking people
and the looming presence of the recently deceased
former mistress Irma Vep, Lord Edgar and his new wife,
Lady Enid, are having a rough time. Add to that the fact
that the maid, Jane, is utterly devoted to the memory
of her former mistress and Nicodemus, the grounds
man, has a little problem that won’t quite go away.
With a trip to Egypt, a mummifi ed princess who comes
to life and a vampire thrown in for good measure, you
have a hysterical good-time play with eight characters
performed by only two actors.
R. Hamilton Wright and Bob Sorenson in
Arizona Theatre Company’s 1999 production
of The Mystery of Irma Vep. Photo by Tim
Fuller/Arizona Theatre Company.
Actor Oliver Wadsworth who
appears in ATC’s production of
The Mystery of Irma Vep
The Mystery of Irma Vep
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