Plays / Chronology / Matrimonium

Actors Theatre of Louisville
3rd Festival of New American Plays

January 30–February 23, 1979
MATRIMONIUM
comprised of George Bernard Shaw’s Overruled and Passion,
Poison and Petrifaction

with music and lyrics by Peter Ekstrom
Directed by Ray Fry
Musical Director Peter Ekstrom

Cast of Characters
Act I Act II  
Mr. Lunn Adolphus Richard Bowne
Mrs. Juno Lady Magnesia Deborah May
Mrs. Lunn Phyllis Adale O’Brien
Mr. Juno Fitz Patrick Tovatt
  Landlord Ray Fry
  Policeman Peter Bartlett
  Doctor George Kimmel

Time & Setting:
Act I–A resort hotel, 1900.
Act II–Lady Magnesia’s Boudoir.

Musical Numbers
Act I
Overture  
Madrigal, "You are about to witness" Company
"I promised my mother" Mr. Lunn
"Something big is in command" Mr. Lunn & Mrs. Juno
"O, Guilt! How great Thou art" Mr. Juno
Habañera, "You can’t resist me can you?" Mrs. Lunn
"Nature worked on my soul" Mrs. Juno
Finale, "We’re only human" Company

Act II
"There’s murder in the air" Phyllis
"A delicate topic" Adolphus
"Love, love, love!" Fitz & Lady Magnesia
"What do you think of my bust?" Lady Magnesia
"Sleep, dear Adolphus, sleep!" Company
Finale, "Death is the remedy" Company

Set and Lighting Design Paul Owen
Costume Design Kurt Wilhelm
Co-Property Masters Sam Garst & Sandra Strawn
Production Stage Manager Frazier Marsh
Stage Manager James A. Gelarden
Stage Manager Benita Hofstetter
Overruled is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., New York.

This production is made possible in part by a grant from the Ford Foundation.