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Just how far will people to go to attain position and fortune and who will they be prepared to sacrifice along the way? Claude Plantaganet, who has run through three estates and five legacies, now has only his daughter left. While Mrs Fox French's finishing school may teach her young ladies how to snare members of the aristocracy, how are her own finances? And John Perkins schemes feverishly to become a capitalist while being aware of the fragility of everything around him.

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Author: Dion Boucicault

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Archive listings for The School for Scheming (2014)

Work type: Play.

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Written in 1847 by one of the most prolific writers and successful actors and directors of the nineteenth century, this is clearly a play for our times. Boucicault is author of numerous plays including the hit comedy London Assurance.Presented byOrange Tree. Director Auriol Smith. Design Robyn Wilson. Costume Sam Dowson. Performer Muireann Bird (Baroness). Performer Chris Bone (Craven). Performer Martha Dancy (Matilda). Performer Catherine Forrester (Augusta / Mrs Warren). Performer Sabina Franklyn (Mrs Fox French). Performer Oliver Gomm (Fipley). Performer Elizabeth Healey (Sally). Performer Dominic Hecht (MacDunnum). Performer Michael Kirk (Williams / Withers). Performer Evelyn Lockley (Rose). Performer Imogen Sage (Helen). Performer Paul Shelley (Claude). Performer Tony Turner (Sykes).

16 Apr 14 to 17 May 14

Orange Tree Theatre, Outer London :: V321
listing details L01411025664

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