Details

On the night train to his honeymoon, a young man fails to consummate his marriage because he is interrupted by a custom's officer asking, 'Have you anything to declare?' He returns in need of advice and help to restore his now flagging potency. Especially as his new in-laws threaten to hand over their daughter to a rival unless the situation is rectified in three days. The advice he gets takes him to the studio of Zeze, who plies her trade under the guise of being a painter and who gives her clients names like Botticelli and Watteau. But of course, everyone in the cast seems to have a reason for being at Zeze's, including a camel dealer in search of his lost wife and the police in pursuit of the Vampire of Vincennes.

Cast/Performers

Jane Arden, Jason Baughan, Cate Debenham-Taylor, Frank Moorey, Anna Hewson, Octavia Walters, David Antrobus, Stuart Fox, Robert McBain, Damien Matthews, Auriol Smith

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Maurice Hennequin, Pierre Veber
Producer: Orange Tree Theatre
Translation(s): Braham Murray, Robert Cogo-Fawcett
Director: Sam Walters
Design: Tim Meacock