The play is a musical reconstruction of incidents relating to the East End murders which took place between Friday, August 31st and Friday, November 9th, 1888.
A solution of Jack the Ripper’s identity is hinted at, but the play is an atmospheric commentary rather than an historical re-enactment, shifting between reality and artificiality, with characters representing “real” people as well as members of the music hall audience and players.
It is an essential feature that some characters are called upon to play more than one role. They thus have a life within the Music Hall and also in reality. The Chairman also plays the authoritative roles of Sir Charles Warren, the Magistrate, and the Dock’s Foreman, while Montague Druitt is also known as Toynbee and plays the villain in the melodrama and the magician.
What dreadful fate befell Polly Ann Nichols, Marie Kelly, Annie Chapman and Lizzie Stride… …and they were just four of the Ripper’s victims?
What did Mendoza and his gang, Bluenose, Slop and Dinky Nine Eights get up to?
Who was the mysterious Montague Druitt of Toynbee Hall? Why was he so interested in Marie?
How was Queen Victoria involved in all this ……?
Did you come along and find out? It was a ripping show!!