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PRODUCTION: When We Are Married (Comedy)
PRODUCTION DATE: June 1977
DIRECTED BY: Sheila Sharpless
STAGED: The Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
SYNOPSIS:The young organist of the village church is courting Nancy, the niece of Alderman Helliwell who doesn't think very much of the companionship and informs him that playing the organ is all that is required of him.
It is with some glee that the organist informs them that he has discovered the parson was not qualified to marry couples and consequently the village's three staunchest and most respected couples are not married at all.
The effect of the announcement is cataclysmic and smugness gives way to hilarious adventure.
PLAYWRIGHT: John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984). 'When We Are Married' was first performed in 1938.
BHTC NOTES: Sheila Wells remembers that Sheila Sharpless was paid to direct this special production, which celebrated the club's 25th year.
However Nancy Forsdike (playing Clara Soppitt) remembers the production for different reasons, as she recorded in her scrapbook that she fell off the stage and broke her kneecap!
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| CREW
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| Anita Pugh
| Ruby Birtle
| Michael Pate
| Stage Manager
| Gary Smith
| Gerald Forbes
| Elizabeth Woolard
| Properties
| Jo White
| Mrs. Northrop
| Geoff Twyman, Colin Thompson, Michael Pate,
| Set Design & -
| Cathy Surridge
| Nancy Holmes
| Christopher Coveney & Brian Leggatt
| Construction
| kevin Gray
| Fred Dyson
| Sheila Wells
| Prompt
| Leon Figg
| Henry Ormonroyd
| Peter Coveney, Terry Adams &
| Lighting and -
| Peter Martin
| Alderman Joseph Halliwell
| Trevor Wilson
| Sound
| Margaret Coveney
| Maria Helliwell
| Nancy Forsdike
| Ladies Dress Designer
| Keith Jefferies
| Councillor Albert Parker
| Jane Towell
| Box Office
| Jim Wilson
| Herbert Soppitt
| Jim Towell
| House Manager
| Nancy Forsdike
| Clara Soppitt
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| Jan Case
| Annie Parker
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| Stella Adams
| Lottie Grady
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| Michael Woolard
| Rev. Clement Mercer
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Programme Cover |
Programme Title Page |
Cast & Scenes |
Crew |
Back - Keith Jefferies, Peter Martin & Jim Wilson. Front - Jan Case, Margaret Coveney, Nancy Forsdike & Leon Figg |
Jan Case, Jim Wilson & Nancy Forsdike |
Keith Jefferies, Jan Case, Nancy Forsdike, Peter Martin, Michael Woollard, Jo White, Margaret Coveney, Anita Pugh & Jim Wilson |
Keith Jefferies, Jan Case, Peter Martin, Margaret Coveney, Nancy Forsdike & Jim Wilson |
Leon Figg, Stella Adams & Michael Woolard |
Press Review |
Photo with Press Review |
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