Arsenic And Old Lace
- Written by: Joseph Kesselring
- Directed & Translated by: M Arifur Rahman
- Set & Costume Design: Mahjabeen Chowdhury
- Music Arranged by: M Arifur Rahman
- Music Execution: Iftakhar Mahi
- Light Design & Execution: Dhiman Chandra Barman
- Props Execution: Iftakhar Mahi, Auvishek Bhadra, S. Rahman, Ritwik Mahbub
- Premiered on: 11 February, 2022 at Neelima Ibrahim Auditorium, Bangladesh Mohila Samity
- Completed number of shows: 33
Plot Summary
Arsenic and Old Lace opens in the living room of the Brewster home, inhabited by two spinster aunts, Abby and Martha Brewster, and their nephew, Teddy. The Reverend Dr. Harper is chatting with Abby about her other nephew, Mortimer, a drama critic who is in love with the reverend’s daughter Elaine. Teddy, who is rather crazy but harmless, believes himself to be Theodore Roosevelt. Things begin to unravel as Mortimer lifts the lid to the window seat. Later Mortimer and Teddy’s brother Jonathan arrives. Jonathan, a true maniacal criminal, is accompanied by Dr. Einstein, a plastic surgeon of doubtful character.