
Habeas Corpus (1975) - repro
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Alan Bennett’s biting British farcical comedy 'Habeas Corpus' completed a celebrated Broadway premiere at the Martin Beck Theatre in 1975, running for an accomplished commercial residency. The breathless drawing-room plot unfolds inside an elegant country house in Sussex, launching a savage satirical attack on mid-century puritanism and sexual repression by tracking the eccentric Wicksteed family as they engage in a frantic, real-time domino effect of illicit affairs, shifting double-crosses, and farcical medical mix-ups. Directed by Frank Dunlop, the historic original production starred Donald Sinden and a young Richard Gere.

