"The play is replete with wonderfully theatrical scenes...impressively theatrical, hugely enjoyable... extremely witty, inventive...
one of the highlights of the season."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 25

 THE RULING CLASS
a Philadelphia premiere
by Peter Barnes
directed by Jiri Zizka
April 9, 1997 through May 11, 1997

When the widowed 13th Earl of Gurney dies abruptly -- in a truly compromising position -- the surviving Gurneys conspire to unseat his unlikely heir and reclaim their ancestral estate. Playwright Peter Barnes brings his peer-less sense of humor to this biting satire on the British aristocracy.


1997 Barrymore Award Winner
Outstanding Set Design (David P. Gordon)

PRODUCTION PHOTOS

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CAST AND PRODUCTION TEAM

CAST

Toastmaster/Matthew Peake/     Joe Guzmán
Mr. Shape/Sergeant Fraser/
Third Lord                                                  

13th Earl of Gurney/McKyle/        Richard M. Davidson
Kelso Truscott, Q.C./
Inpector Brockett

Daniel Tucker                                Geoff Garland

Bishop Lampton                             Marcus Powell

Sir Charles Gurney                         Curt Karibalis

Dinsdale Gurney                             David Disbrow

Lady Claire Gurney                         Cristine McMurdo-Wallis

Jack, 14th Earl of Gurney               Rufus Collins

Dr. Paul Herder                              Gregor Paslawsky

Mrs. Treadwell                               J.J. Van Name

Mrs. Piggot-James                         Susan Giddings

Grace Shelley                                 Karen Hinton

 

PRODUCTION TEAM

Set Designer                                   David P. Gordon    

Lighting Designer                           Jerold R. Forsyth

Costume Designer                          Vickie Esposito

Composer/Sound Designer            Adam Wernick

Choreographer                               Julianna Schauerman