The WHOLE BACKSTAGE THEATRE
Guntersville, Alabama
Alabama's Oldest Community Theatre
Charley's Aunt
by Brandon Thomas
Directed by Johnny Brewer
Assistant Director - Dana Thomas
Assistant to the Director - Katherine Brewer
Jan Price - Costume Coordinator
Stage Manager - Patrick Fogarty
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PERFORMANCES:
April 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 & 29, 2018
All Show Times 7 pm except Sundays @ 2pm
Patron Tickets can be purchased at any time.
General Admission Tickets on sale starting April 1
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Synopsis
Jack Chesney loves Kitty Verdun and Charley loves Miss Amy Spettigue. They invite the ladies to meet Charley's wealthy aunt from Brazil, "where the nuts come from". Cancelling her visit at the last minute, the millionaire aunt sends the boys into cataclysmic confusion. What do they do now? The problem is solved by drafting their feckless Oxford undergrad pal into a black satin skirt, bloomers and wig. As "Charley's Aunt", this charming frump is introduced to the ladies, to Jack's father and to Stephen Spettigue, Amy's guardian. When the real aunt turns up, classic comic confusion ensues as Fancourt Babberley, posing as "Charley's Aunt", tricks Spettigue into agreeing to the marriage of his ward, the real aunt marries Jack's father, Jack gets Miss Verdun, and Fanny Babs regains the fortune he lost at gambling as well as the girl he loves.
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Charley's Aunt was first produced at the Royalty Theatre in London on October 21, 1892. It premiered in New York City at the Standard Theatre on October 2, 1894.