Bamberg University English Drama Group
proudly presents

the 2001 production of

In the Public Eye

an evening of absurd slap-stick
voyeuristic sleuthing fun

Revue Sketches
by Harold Pinter

"Request Stop"
"Interview"
"That's Your Trouble"

"The Public Eye"
by Peter Shaffer

One Act Comedy

cast 2001: (top left to right) Alex Hedler, Shane Walshe, Thorsten Heinz, Max Fiederer
(bottom l.t.r.) Nora-E. Gomringe

r, Susanne Stangl, Bettina Gerlach, Emily Flemming, Barbara Sametinger

There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal,
nor between what is true and what is false.
A thing is not necessarily either true or false;
it can be both true and false."

- Harold Pinter, 1958

The Players

Mr. Jakes ("Interview") ..........................Alex Hedler

Charles Sidley ("The Public Eye") ...........Shane Walshe

Julian Christoforou ("The Public Eye") ...Thorsten Heinz

Alvin ("That's Your Trouble") ..................Max Fiederer

Camilla ("Request Stop") ........................Nora-E. Gomringer

Interviewer ("Interview") .........................Susanne Stangl

Belinda Sidley ("The Public Eye") ...........Bettina Gerlach

Jackie ("That's Your Trouble") ...............Katia Ebert (replacement for Emily Flemming)

Waitress ("Interview") ............................Katia Ebert

The Experts

Language coaching ......................Kenneth Wynne, Barbara Sametinger

Stage manager .............................Rainer Streng

Make-up .......................................Dagmar Kohnle

Stage construction .......................Volker Nitsche and the E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theater Stage technicians

Lighting and sound ......................Frank Gundermann

Stage design ................................Barbara Sametinger, Sibylle

Starklauf, Simone Jäger

Props / Costumes .........................Mr. Krapp (E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theater),

Sibylle Starklauf, Simone Jäger

Graphic design ..............................New Media Artists - Thomas Hürl

Poster Art ......................................Stephen Tapert

Flyers ............................................Stephan kai Spörlein

PR .................................................Barbara Sametinger

Photographs .................................Annie Mauerer, Stephan kai Spörlein

Treasurer / Secretary ....................Ingeborg Penalba

Directed by Barbara Sametinger

Peter Shaffer (*1926) Harold Pinter (*1926)

British playwright, best known for his psychological plays that often focus on relationships between people of seemingly opposite natures with some shared bond. British playwright, known for his so-called comedies of menace, which humorously and cynically depict people attempting to communicate as they react to an invasion or threat of an invasion on their lives.

Peter Shaffer was born in Liverpool, England, on May 15, 1962, along with his twin
brother, Anthony, who would also become a writer. Shaffer studied history on a scholarship from Cambridge University, and worked a number of odd jobs including coal miner, bookstore clerk, and assistant at the New York Public Library, before discovering his dramatic talents. Shaffer's first play, The Salt Land (1954) was presented on the BBC. Born 10 October 1930 in East London, playwright, director, actor, poet and political activist, Harold Pinter is internationally renowned.
He has written twenty-nine plays including The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Homecoming, and Betrayal, twenty-one screenplays including The Servant, The Go-Between and The French Lieutenant's Woman

Encouraged by this success, Shaffer continued to write and established his reputation as a playwright in 1958 with the production of Five Finger Exercise which opened in London
under the direction of John Gielgud and won the Evening Standard Drama Award. When Five Finger Exercises moved to New York in 1959, it was equally well-received and landed Shaffer the Drama Critics Award. He also directed twenty-seven theatre productions, including James Joyce's Exiles, David Mamet's Oleanna, seven plays by Simon Gray and many of his own plays including his latest, Celebration, paired with his first, The Room at The Almeida Theatre, London in the spring of 2000.

Shaffer's canon contains a unique mix of philosophical dramas and satirical comedies. The
Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964) presents the tragic conquest of Peru by the Spanish, while Black Comedy (1965) takes a hilarious look at the antics of a group of characters feeling their way around a pitch black room - although the stage is, of course, actually flooded with light. He has been awarded the Shakespeare Prize (Hamburg), the European Prize for Literature (Vienna), the Pirandello Prize (Palermo), the David Cohen British Literature Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award and the Moliere D'Honneur for lifetime achievement. In 1999 he was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature. He has received honorary degrees from fourteen universities.

Equus (1973) won Shaffer the 1975 Tony Award for Best Play as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. An electrifying journey into the mind of a 17-year-old stableboy who has plunged a spike into the eyes of six horses, Equus ran for over 1000
performances on Broadway. Shaffer followed this success with Amadeus (1979) which won the Evening Standard Drama Award and the Theatre Critics Award for the London production. Amadeus tells the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and court composer Antonio Salieri who, overcome with jealousy at hearing the "voice of God" coming from
an "obscene child," sets out to destroy his rival. When the show moved to Broadway, it won the 1981 Tony Award for "Best Play" and, like Equus, ran for over 1000 performances. Pinter's interest in politics is a very public one. Over the years he has spoken out forcefully about the abuse of state power around the world, including, recently, NATO's bombing of Serbia. His most recent speech was given on the anniversary of NATO'S bombing of Serbia at the Committee for Peace in the Balkans Conference, at The Conway Hall June 10th 2000.

Several of Shaffer's plays have been adapted to film including The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969), Equus (1977) and Amadeus (1984) which won eight Academy Awards including "Best Picture".

The Public Eye was first presented in conjunction with The Private Ear at the Globe Theatre, in London, 1962.

*Peter Shaffer (1926)**			*Harold Pinter (1926)**
British playwright, best known for his psychological plays that often focus on relationships between people of seemingly opposite natures with some shared bond.			British playwright, known for his so-called comedies of menace, which humorously and cynically depict people attempting to communicate as they react to an invasion or threat of an invasion on their lives.
	Peter Shaffer was born in Liverpool, England, on May 15, 1962, along with his twin brother, Anthony, who would also become a writer. Shaffer studied history on a scholarship from Cambridge University, and worked a number of odd jobs including coal miner, bookstore clerk, and assistant at the New York Public Library, before discovering his dramatic talents. Shaffer's first play, The Salt Land (1954) was presented on the BBC.	Born 10 October 1930 in East London, playwright, director, actor, poet and political activist, Harold Pinter is internationally renowned. He has written twenty-nine plays including The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Homecoming, and Betrayal, twenty-one screenplays including The Servant, The Go-Between and The French Lieutenant's Woman
Encouraged by this success, Shaffer continued to write and established his reputation as a playwright in 1958 with the production of Five Finger Exercise which opened in London under the direction of John Gielgud and won the Evening Standard Drama Award. When Five Finger Exercises moved to New York in 1959, it was equally well-received and landed Shaffer the Drama Critics Award.			He also directed twenty-seven theatre productions, including James Joyce's Exiles, David Mamet's Oleanna, seven plays by Simon Gray and many of his own plays including his latest, Celebration, paired with his first, The Room at The Almeida Theatre, London in the spring of 2000.
	Shaffer's canon contains a unique mix of philosophical dramas and satirical comedies. The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964) presents the tragic conquest of Peru by the Spanish, while Black Comedy (1965) takes a hilarious look at the antics of a group of characters feeling their way around a pitch black room - although the stage is, of course, actually flooded with light.	He has been awarded the Shakespeare Prize (Hamburg), the European Prize for Literature (Vienna), the Pirandello Prize (Palermo), the David Cohen British Literature Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award and the Moliere D'Honneur for lifetime achievement. In 1999 he was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature. He has received honorary degrees from fourteen universities.
Equus (1973) won Shaffer the 1975 Tony Award for Best Play as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. An electrifying journey into the mind of a 17-year-old stableboy who has plunged a spike into the eyes of six horses, Equus ran for over 1000 performances on Broadway. Shaffer followed this success with Amadeus (1979) which won the Evening Standard Drama Award and the Theatre Critics Award for the London production. Amadeus tells the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and court composer Antonio Salieri who, overcome with jealousy at hearing the "voice of God" coming from an "obscene child," sets out to destroy his rival. When the show moved to Broadway, it won the 1981 Tony Award for "Best Play" and, like Equus, ran for over 1000 performances.			Pinter's interest in politics is a very public one. Over the years he has spoken out forcefully about the abuse of state power around the world, including, recently, NATO's bombing of Serbia. His most recent speech was given on the anniversary of NATO'S bombing of Serbia at the Committee for Peace in the Balkans Conference, at The Conway Hall June 10th 2000.
	Several of Shaffer's plays have been adapted to film including The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969), Equus (1977) and Amadeus (1984) which won eight Academy Awards including "Best Picture".
The Public Eye was first presented in conjunction with The Private Ear at the Globe Theatre, in London, 1962.