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Proudly
Presents
Call
Me Madam
MUSIC
& LYRICS BY IRVING BERLIN
BOOK BY HOWARD LINDSAY & RUSSEL CROUSE
CALL ME MADAM IS PRESENTED BY PERMISSION OF ORIGIN THEATRICAL
On behalf of R & H Theatricals
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TOWN HALL
Saturday
18th July 2009 7:30pm
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1:30pm
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24th July 2009 7:30pm
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The
play opens in
Washington
with Mrs Sally Adams, a
Washington
socialite, being sworn is as Ambassador to the Grand Duchy Of
Lichtenburg. The scene moves to Mrs Adams’ farewell party at
which it becomes obvious that Sally Adams has no qualifications
for the post she has been given, except as a fundraiser and
hostess for the Democrats.
At
the party, we meet the main
US
characters: millionaire, Henry Gibson and his son, Kenneth, who
has been appointed to Sally Adams’ staff, as well as Senators
Gallagher and Brockbank and Congressman Wilkins.
The
scene changes to introduce us to Lichtenburg, a quaint little
Duchy that is in striking contrast to the sophisticated
United States of America
. We meet the main characters in the Lichtenburg story.
Maxwell Pemberton is the Charge d’Affaires at the
Embassy. Cosmo Constantine, Hugo Tantinnin and Sebastian
Sebastian are members of the Lichtenburg Cabinet which changes
every week and sometimes every day. The Grand Duke and the
Cabinet, except Cosmo Constantine, want an American loan because
as Cosmo says - “babies and cheese” are their main
industries. Cosmo wants to modernise the Duchy and thinks a lack
of money will force change, so he does not want the loan.
The
US
begins by declining to give the loan, but Sally, infatuated with
Cosmo and wanting to help, convinces them to put the loan
through. Sally
becomes embroiled in the politics of the whole situation and is
eventually recalled.
Meanwhile,
there is a stir in royal circles because of the romance which
develops between Princess Maria and Kenneth Gibson.
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