Tons of Money

Alan Ayckbourn's version of the first of the famous Aldwych farces was produced by the National Theatre. It is the story of an unsuccessful inventor who inherits the life interest in a fortune which is to revert on his death to his cousin George Maitland As Cousin George is thought to have died abroad, the inventor has the brilliant idea of "dying" so that he can resurrect himself as his cousin and avoid paying his enormous debts. Complications arise in the form of George's wife, another Maitland imposter (the butler's brother) and finally the real George Maitland himself!

The following is the cast of characters along with the name of the actor who played them.

Sprules	John Banner		Simpson	Brenda Banner
Miss Benita Mullet	Lynn Morgan		Louise Allington	Katy Ball
Aubrey Allington	Richard Taylor		Giles	Don Williams
James Chesterman	Alan Williams		Jean Everard	Maggie Patten
Henery	Alex Forty		George Maitland	Neil Crabbe

N.B. For posterity: Originally Morgan Price was to have played Henery, but had to drop out due to a change of circumstances in the form of getting a new job. This necessitated a re-shuffle - originally Alex Forty was to have played James Chesterman and Alan Williams was to have played George Maitland. Neil Crabbe was roped in to replace Morgan and the result of the re-shuffle is shown above.