Exeter Drama Company

Community Theatre

Jack the Ripper

Jacks reign of terror has begun and a totally inept British Lord, Sir Charles Warren, has been appointed Commissioner of Police to apprehend him.

Jack, it seems, practices black magic, which requires murderous sacrifices to assure him additional years of life. Four women are murdered, and the play revolves around the attempts to save the fifth — Angela Ellison, a “reformed girl of the streets,” who is the last required to complete Jack’s evil ritual.

A motley crew of characters including the White Witch Pegeen, a hen pecked Physician, Forbes Winslow, a battleaxe of a Suffragette, Ernestine Pankhurst, and trusty manservant Phillip Poole are amongst those who try to outwit Jack’s dastardly plans!

Jack’s identity is not revealed until the end of the play and, as the author has cleverly written three alternative endings, each performance night had a different ending!

Mrs Dobbs, a Cleaning Woman Di Phillips
Constable O'Connell Werner Sommerfeld
Easy Mary Ann, a corpse Ali Buckley
Philip Poole, Manservant to Dr Winslow Rdward Heeley
Polly Poole, Dr Winslow's Maid Jenny Nash
Ernestine Pankhurst, A Suffragette Pam Hoad
William, Duke of Clarence Paul Anning
Forbes Winslow, A Physician Roger Mathewson
Sir Charles Warren, Commissioner of Police Malcolme Littler
Angela Ellison, A reformed girl of the streets Ruth Newman
Pegeen Laszlo MacDougal, Practitioner of White Magic Lynda Anning
Hogarth, her Familiar Matt Semple
Annie Chapman, One of Jack's Victims Charlotte Guy
Kate Eddows, Another of Jack's Victims Laura Hoad
Anne Kelly, Yet Another of Jack's Victims Helen Chapman
London Lowlife Company Members
Directed by Ian Guy
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