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PRODUCTION: The School For Scandal (Comedy)
PRODUCTION DATE: April 1976
DIRECTED BY: Nancy Forsdike
STAGED: The Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
SYNOPSIS: Brothers Joseph and Charles Surface both want to marry the lovely Maria who is in the care of Sir Peter Teazle.
However Lady Sneerwell, a malicious gossip and founder of The School for Scandal, is jealous and spreads false rumours about an affair between Charles and Lady Teazle. The brothers also have a rich uncle, Sir Oliver, whom they have not seen in sixteen years. He visits them both incognito before deciding which of them shall inherit his fortune.
PLAYWRIGHT: Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 – July 7, 1816). This play was written in 1777
BHTC NOTES: The costume sketches done by Nancy Forsdike (featured below), formed part of an arts festival held at the Park Centre. It successfully promoted a lot of interest before the production.
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| CREW
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| Jo White
| Lady Sneerwell
| Elizabeth Batten
| Asst. to Producer
| David Lee
| Snake
| Margaret Coveney
| Stage Manager
| Kevin Gray
| Hairdresser
| Peter Jackson
| Asst. Stage Manager
| Anita Pugh
| Maid to Lady Sneerwell
| Elizabeth Batten
| Set Designer
| Alan Carter
| Joseph Surface
| Geoff Twyman & Michael Early
| Set Builders
| Ena Barron
| Maria
| Nancy Forsdike | Designed & Created Wardrobe
| Pamela Jefferies
| Mrs. Candour
| Edna Bailey & Eve Crabbe
| Properties
| Ron Forsdike
| Crabtree
| Peter Coveney, Martin Lea &
| Lighting -
| Peter Case
| Sir Benjamin Backbite
| Christopher Page
| Team
| Gary Smith
| Footman
| Colin Thompson
| Sound Effects
| Brian Pyner
| 1st Tradesman
| Joan Collins
| Prompt
| Graham Somerville
| 2nd Tradesman
| Barbara Chamberlain & Jan Case | Front of House
| Melanie Murfin
| Dressmaker
| Barbara Chamberlain
| Box Office
| Lynda Nunn
| Maid to Lady Teazle
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| Norma Somerville
| Widow Ochre
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| Simon Beasley
| Black Boy
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| Keith Jefferies
| Sir Peter Teazle
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| John Poulson
| Rowley
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| June Colledge
| Lady Teazle
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| Peter Martin
| Sir Oliver Surface
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| Leon Figg
| Moses
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| Jim Wilson
| Trip
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| Anthony Hole
| Charles Surface
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| George Lewandowski
| Careless
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| Peter Clark
| Sir Toby
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| Frank Oakley
| Sir Harry Bumper
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| Kevin Gray
| Servant to Sir Joseph Surface
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