Jean Perkins

Mrs. Harris

Jean graduated in drama from Bristol University and since then has performed extensively in theatre, television and radio in the UK.

In London’s West End she played Fiona in Fringe Benefits (the final Brian Rix farce at the Whitehall Theatre), Doreen in Separate Tables (Apollo Theatre) and Alice in Ramshackle Company (Arts Theatre).

Favourite theatrical roles in the UK have included Dorothy in Stepping Out (Stoke), Suzette in Don’t Dress for Dinner (Sonning), Mary in How the Other Half Loves (Leatherhead), Shen Te in Good Person of Setzuan (Richmond), Rebecca in A Chorus of Disapproval (Farnham), Connie in Habeas Corpus (Sheffield), Ida in See How They Run (Leicester), Jane in Absurd Person Singular (Oxford), Irene in Funny Peculiar (Plymouth), Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Southampton) and Angie in Abigail’s Party for Channel Theatre Company.

Jean’s interest in The Victorian Magic Lantern has led to lantern shows in Britain and Germany.

Television work includes Stick With Me Kid, Day of the Triffids, St. Vitus Dance and The Bill and radio broadcasts on Radio 4 in the UK include The Country Wife, Much Ado About Nothing and The Old Curiosity Shop.

Jean played Saunders in the previous production of Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels at Vienna’s English Theatre and is delighted to be extending her stay in Vienna.