Imagine how it would feel if you were on stage, and you not only forgot your lines, but never even knew them - or the play being performed - in the first place! This is exactly what happens to George Spelvin, an accountant and lapsed Catholic. George suddenly finds himself having to stand in for an actor injured in a car accident, but he doesn't know which play is being performed, and worse yet, it seems to change all the time. One moment it's a comedy of manners by Coward, the next it's Shakespearean tragedy followed by surrealism à la Beckett. Will poor George survive his nightmare? Is this just theatre or is it for real? Will the maid arrive in time?

Running time: approx. 35 minutes


A Finn-Brit Players production
Directed by Jack Leo
Stage managed by Laura Nyman


George Spelvin Mark Rawlings
Sarah Siddons Mari Kortemaa
Dame Ellen Terry Matilda Sisättö
Henry Irving Jack Leo
Meg, the stage manager Nelli Hankonen
The Executioner Stewart Gray