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2020 is not the first time we've been locked down.

The devastating loss through plague and fire, following a decade of Puritan lockdown, generated a cultural & literary explosion that thrilled audiences with a new style of plays. 

You are invited to hear a reading of LOVE IN A WOOD, by one of the pioneers in this genre, William Wycherley, with an all-star cast, in aid of Equity Charitable Trust supporting industry professionals through this global pandemic. Coming 7pm 31st January, 2021, kindly hosted Jermyn St Theatre at https://youtu.be/_KMk54jMPCk until 14/02/21 and then on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/506717059 until 28/02/21.

Mr Ranger : Jo Stone-Fewings

Mr Vincent (Gentlemen of the town): James Anderson

Mr Valentine: Danny Sapani

Alderman Gripe (a seemingly precise but covetous, lecherous old usurer of the City): Ian Gelder

Sir Simon Addleplot (a coxcomb, always in pursuit of women of great fortunes): Nick Le Prevost

Mr Dapperwit (a brisk, conceited, half-witted fellow of the town): Paul Chahidi

Mrs Crossbite's landlord, a waiter & servant: Christopher Chung

Christina (Valentine's mistress): Nancy Carroll

Lydia (Ranger's mistress): Lorna Brown

Lady Flippant (Gripe's sister, an affected widow in distress for a husband, declaiming against marriage): Linda Bassett

Mrs Martha (Gripe's daughter): Ellie Fanyinka

Mrs Joiner (a matchmaker or precise city bawd): Debbie Chazen

Mrs Crossbite (an old cheating jill & bawd to her daughter): Hermione Gulliford

Miss Lucy (Mrs Crossbite's daughter): Shaofan Wilson

Isabel (Christina's woman): May Walker

Leonore (Lydia's maid): Jules Melvin

Stage Manager: Lou Ballard

Editor: Daniel Morley-Fletcher

Director: Hermione Gulliford