A Penny for a Song

By John Whiting

Written 1951, revised 1962, set in 1805, "A Penny for a Song" features a
family of eccentric Dorset gentry: Sir Timothy Bellboys is obsessed with
the threat of Napoleonic invasion, constantly devising plans to thwart the
Corsican fiend, while his younger brother Lamprett neglects his family for
his one true love, a fire-engine which he dutifully tends in the hope of a
major conflagration. Add a languid aristocratic family friend, stir in an
ex-mercenary-turned-social reformer, apply the steady heat of a local
defense volunteers' military exercise and await hilarious consequences!

Featured recently on Wisconsin Public Radio's "Higher Ground", Upstage
Review Theatre Company is proud to be the only Company in the US currently doing this marvelous piece of literature. Join us for an evening of
frantic and frivolous fun!

Produced by Upstage Review Theatre Company at the former Jackson Chevrolet Building in Sparta, 518 E. Wisconsin, close to both Sparta I-90 exits.

Performances: May 2-11, 2003

Opening night is May 2 and runs through the Sunday matinee on the fourth
as well as the following weekend, May 8-11, closing with a Sunday matinee. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. with matinee curtains at 2:00 p.m.

Advance tickets may be obtained by calling 608-269-7247. Prices are as
follows: Adults - $6, Students - $4, Sr. Citizens - $4.