OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Carlo Gébler 

• Synopsis

  The date is 2nd April 1912 and Henry Surphlis is on a shopping mission. He has two tickets for the Titanic, which is leaving Belfast for Southampton and then New York that very night. We follow him on a mad dash around the Cathedral Quarter as he buys the last things he needs before eloping with his belle Harriet Sweetlove

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  3

• Total

  7

• Cast Notes

  There were two performers alternating as Henry Surphlis to facilitate four performances each evening.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  02 May 2007

• Producer

  Produced by Kabosh

• Venue Notes

  Kabosh staged this play in four working shops in Belfast City Centre. The audience journeyed around the shops in the company of Henry. The audience congregated in the Northern Whig Public House on Bridge St. The shops used were Langford's Shoe Shop on North St (Oaten's Leather Goods Store), Suitor Menswear on Rosemary St. (Cobb Quigley & Sons Gentlemen's Outfitters) and Cash Converters on High St (Maggie Boyd's Fancy Goods Shop) and Reliable Travel, Donegall St (Whiting & Tedworth, Shipping Agents).

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was provided by Kabosh Theatre Company.