Presents

 

Thursday 4th-Saturday 6th December 2003

Braithwaite Hall, Croydon Clocktower

M*A*S*H

In December 2003 EXIT presented a production of Richard Hooker’s funny and touching 'M*A*S*H'.  For those of you that don't know, M*A*S*H is a story about a group of Mobile Army Surgeons stationed in Korea during the Korean War. The first M*A*S*H book was written by Dr. Richard Hornberger (under the pseudonym Richard Hooker) in 1968 and was an instant hit. The book was then made into a movie in 1970 starring Elliot Gould, Donald Sutherland and Sally Kellerman and was equally successful, with anti-Vietnam sentiment running high at the time. Then came a hit Television series starring Alan Alda, which lasted 11 years with 251 episodes and won countless awards.

M*A*S*H was a very ambitious production for EXIT to stage with a cast of some 20 plus, and we made it into a full scale event with Army vehicle enthusiasts' involvement as well as other local groups and organisations. With classic, well-known characters such as; Hawkeye, Trapper, Duke, Radar, Klinger and Hotlips and a fantastically funny script, how could we go wrong?  

 

M*A*S*H Characters

 

Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Franklin Pierce

Brilliant and compassionate, surgeon, with no respect for military procedures, newly drafted to the 4077.

Captain Augutus "Duke" Bedford Forrest.

Good old southen boy, also newly drafted to the 4077.

Captain John "Trapper" Francis Xavier McIntyre.

An old friend of Hawkeye's, he got his nickname when he 'trapped' a beauty queen in the toilet of the Boston-Maine express train.

Lt. Colonel Henry Braymore Blake

The 4077's long suffering commanding officer.

Captain Frank Marion Burns.

A career army man with little time for the antics of Hawkeye, Trapper and Duke.

Major Margaret "Hotlips" Houlihan.

The 4077's new Chief Nurse, an army brat and career soldier.

Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly.

As the company clerk, Radar has the unnerving ability to know about things before they happen.

Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger.

Who is trying to prove he's crazy, by dressing in women's clothes, so he can get out of the army.

Captain Walter "Walt" Waldoski.

The painless Polish dentist.

Mitzi, Fritzi and Agnes.

The Bonwit Sisters, the Atomic Kittens of the 1950's.

If you would like further information about this production contact EXIT on: 0208 654 8104 or  Email: 

exittheatreco@hotmail.com