Open Space Theatre will stage two shows of “Arsenic and Old Lace” at Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of Bangladesh Mahila Samity in the capital today. The shows will be held at 4:30pm to 6:30pm and 7:30pm to 9:30pm.

Written by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, the play is translated and directed by M Arifur Rahman.

The play “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 arrive. Jonathan, a true maniacal criminal, is accompanied by Dr. Einstein, a plastic surgeon of doubtful character.

The probable cast of the play includes Mahjabeen Chowdhury Tisha, Sayed Azaz Ahmed, Raihan Ahmed Dip, Sufian Mehmood, Rahat Ahmed, Lamia Zahin, Maheleka Jabin and others.