ONE FLEA SPARE
February 25, 1997 - March 29, 1997
Naomi Wallace, Playwright
Ron Daniels, Director
Riccardo Hernandez, Scenic Design
Paul Tazewell, Costume Design
Scott Zielinski, Lighting Design
Stuart J. Allyn, Sound Design
Michael Rasbury, Music
Mischa Barton, Morse
Bill Camp, Bunce
Jon De Vries, Mr. William Snelgrave
Paul Kandel, Kabe
Dianne Wiest, Mrs. Darcy Snelgrave
Mischa Barton made her Public Theater debut in this production.
London is cowering under the oppression of the Black Plague and Mr. William Snelgrave and his wife Darcy are among those quarantined because of deaths in the house. Their period of confinement is extended when two strangers find their way into the Selgrave's home, a sailor called Bunce and Morse, a little girl who claims to be the last survivor of a nearby family of aristocrats. In truth, the girl was a servant to the aristocrat's daughter. Their only contact with the outside world is Kabe, a guard who brings food and news in return for money and favors. Inside the house and cut off from society and its class distinctions, power begins to shift away from controlling, self-important Mr. Snelgrave as both he and his wife give in to their fascinations with Bunce. Snelgrave is eventually completely supplanted by Bunce and Morse, who easily guide the desires of Mrs. Snelgrave, and he dies bound to a chair by his companions. Mrs. Snelgrave follows soon after, asking Morse to kill her when she begins showing signs of illness. Morse finds herself again the last living person in a house; the haunting, disarmingly resilient survivor.
February 25, 1997 - March 29, 1997
Naomi Wallace, Playwright
Ron Daniels, Director
Riccardo Hernandez, Scenic Design
Paul Tazewell, Costume Design
Scott Zielinski, Lighting Design
Stuart J. Allyn, Sound Design
Michael Rasbury, Music
Mischa Barton, Morse
Bill Camp, Bunce
Jon De Vries, Mr. William Snelgrave
Paul Kandel, Kabe
Dianne Wiest, Mrs. Darcy Snelgrave
Mischa Barton made her Public Theater debut in this production.
London is cowering under the oppression of the Black Plague and Mr. William Snelgrave and his wife Darcy are among those quarantined because of deaths in the house. Their period of confinement is extended when two strangers find their way into the Selgrave's home, a sailor called Bunce and Morse, a little girl who claims to be the last survivor of a nearby family of aristocrats. In truth, the girl was a servant to the aristocrat's daughter. Their only contact with the outside world is Kabe, a guard who brings food and news in return for money and favors. Inside the house and cut off from society and its class distinctions, power begins to shift away from controlling, self-important Mr. Snelgrave as both he and his wife give in to their fascinations with Bunce. Snelgrave is eventually completely supplanted by Bunce and Morse, who easily guide the desires of Mrs. Snelgrave, and he dies bound to a chair by his companions. Mrs. Snelgrave follows soon after, asking Morse to kill her when she begins showing signs of illness. Morse finds herself again the last living person in a house; the haunting, disarmingly resilient survivor.