THE INTERNATIONAL FANFICTION THEATER
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE BLACK RIDER AND SECOND ACT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
TREVOR BANNISTER JULIA SAWAHLA
IN
LUCAS & SAFFY
Presented by The Black Rider.
Directed by Noah Redfield.
Written by Ian Brennan, Liam Henderson, John Reeler, and Alan Springfield.
Based on the stageplay Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
Produced by Neil Merrick.
Revisions by Alexander Hutchence.
Casting by Warren Elk.
Choreography by Peter Snapdragon.
Co-starring Dermot Morgan, Patricia Routledge, John Cleese, Hugh Laurie, Jennifer Saunders, John Inman, Adrian Edmondson, Graham Chapman, Andrew Sachs, and Rowan Atkinson.
With special appearances by Eric Idle, Frank Kelly, Ardal O'Hanlon, Terry Jones, Rik Mayall, Michael Palin, Nigel Planer, Tony Robinson, and Christopher Ryan.
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THE CAST
Lucas - Trevor Bannister (Romeo)
Basil Fawlty - John Cleese (Lord Capulet)
Sybil Fawlty - Prunella Scales (Lady Capulet)
Mr. Humphrese - John Inman (Benvolio)
Manuel - Andrew Sachs (Balthasar)
Saffy - Julia Sawahla (Juliet)
George Regent - Hugh Laurie (Lord Capulet)
Edina - Jennifer Saunders (Lady Capulet)
Hyacinth Bucket - Patricia Routledge (Nurse)
Vyvyan - Adrian Edmondson (Tybalt)
Mike - Christopher Ryan (Petruchio)
Rick - Rik Mayall (Sampson)
Neil - Nigel Planer (Gregory)
Edmund Blackadder - Rowan Atkinson (Servingman)
Major - Graham Chapman (Prince Escalus)
Lord Flasheart - Rik Mayall (Count Paris)
Eric Praline - John Cleese (Mercutio)
Father Ted Crilly - Dermot Morgan (Friar Lawrence)
Father Dougal Maguire - Ardal O'Hanlon (Friar John)
Ken Shabby - Michael Palin (Apothecary)
ALSO APPEARING
BBC Announcer - John Cleese
Baldrick - Tony Robinson
Cheeky Fellow - Eric Idle
Father Jack Hackett - Frank Kelly
Mrs. Doyle - Pauline McLynn
Ratbag Woman - Terry Jones
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ABOUT SECOND ACT PRODUCTIONS
Second Act Productions is a theatrical production created by the critically acclaimed fanfiction author and poet The Black Rider. Bored with contemporary fanfiction, he decided to try to conjure up something new and fresh, with the help of comedy troupe Keep Left, which included longtime collaborators Alan Springfield and Neil Merrick, as well as Noah Redfield, Ian Brennan, John Reeler, and Liam Henderson.
We were just trying to add excitement into an art form, says Redfield. After a while, you get sick of writing traditional dramatic stories and want to explore new areas of the genre. Alan Springfield also adds, We were also, in a sense, paying homage to the all-time greats of British comedy, an area of entertainment which we are all huge fans of. After Lucas and Saffy, the team behind Second Act Productions will present Pythonland, a Monty Python-based musical, as well as Clergyman, Reeler and Henderson's three-act play based on the popular sitcom Father Ted, and The Black Rider will release The Blackadder Tales, six stories based upon the Blackadder dynasty, each one taking place in the Tower of London.
For these six madmen, it's all about bringing the back in fanfiction, and offering people and experience nobody could ever imagine you could have on the Internet without porn.
-- Warren Elk
WHO'S WHO AT SECOND ACT PRODUCTIONS
The Black Rider - Nobody knows what this guy's real name is, but most people know that he's one talented figure. Following his unsuccessful dark comedies, Fear and Loathing in Liberty City and Big in Japan, The Black Rider delivered the wildly popular Final Fantasy fanfic Love Will Tear Us Apart. He's also written a number of poems, which can be seen at FictionPress.Net. Right now, he's taking time off from writing to help these boys on their way to glory.
Ian Brennan - Like many of his cohorts, Ian Brennan began his career in sketch comedy at the Highlands Festival. Since then, he has been the creative force behind such programs as Smedrick on High, No Peace for the Wicked, and The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
Neil Merrick - Noah Redfield introduced The Black Rider to Neil Merrick in July of 2002. Since then, Merrick has produced all of The Black Rider's fanfics to date, as well as several abstract theatrical productions, including the legendary box office disaster Trip! The Lewis Carrol Musical.
Liam Henderson - Liam Henderson was born in Belfast, Ireland, and lived there until the age of thirty, in which he wrote Hail To The Irish Tinkers, a hugely successful theatrical farce that was on the Dublin stage for nearly four years. In addition to that, he has written several other stageplays with his writing partner John Reeler, including One Step Beyond and God Help Us!
Noah Redfield - More known for his controversial such as Beethoven's Bodies and The Great Console War, Noah Redfield has always been known to push the envelope. He's had his works banned from over thirty different web sites and literary societies, most notablyThe Great Console War, which was banned from FanFiction.Net following several complaints from concerned parents, to which Noah says, Get stuffed!
John Reeler - Liam Henderson once said of writing partner John Reeler, Never have I met a man more beautifully perverse. He was most likely referring to his quirky sense of humor, which is present in the stageplays he wrote with him, as well as his many novels, including The Ministers of Religious Genocide and The Garlic Brothers.
Alan Springfield - A veteran actor of the stage and screen, Alan Springfield recently quit acting to pursue a career in screenwriting. To this day, he has penned over fifty screenplays, none of which were ever made. He is currently working with The Black Rider to film is British gangster screenplay Masking Tape, which is due out this spring.
COMING SOON FROM SECOND ACT PRODUCTIONS
Pythonland: A New Musical
Reeler and Henderson's Clergyman
The Blackadder Tales
Masking Tape: A Film By Alan Springfield
Now, get on with it!