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PRODUCTION: Pygmalion (Comedy)
PRODUCTION DATE: October 1985
DIRECTED BY: John Poulson
STAGED: The Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
SYNOPSIS: A bullying and smug bachelor, Professor Henry Higgins of phonetics and linguistics, makes a bet with Colonel George Pickering that he can turn an impetuous Cockney 'guttersnipe' flower girl from Convent Garden, Eliza Doolittle into a lady within six months.
To do so, he must transform her thick-accented voice, by coaching her to speak proper English with elocution lessons, teaching her manners, and drilling her so that she will be educated.
At a tea party, in her first public testing, she blurts out, "Not bloody likely." However, she makes a spectacular debut at the Ambassador's reception, proving him right. In the process of teaching her, he falls in love with her, although she is attracted by an upper class gentleman named Freddy Eynsford-Hill.
PLAYWRIGHT: George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950)
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| CREW
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| Anne Gear
| Clara Eynsford-Hill
| Mary Jupp
| Asst. Producer
| Maureen Thomas
| Mrs.Eynsford-Hill
| Tim Kendell
| Stage Manager
| Andrew Powell
| Freddy Eynsford-Hill / Footman
| Anthony White
| Set Design
| Jackie Lander
| Eliza Doolittle
| Tim Kendell, Terry Thompsett,
| Set -
| John Stallwood
| Colonel Pickering
| Val Thompsett & Graham Wood
| Construction
| Alec Gear
| Professor Henry Higgins
| John Hurst
| Technical Manager
| Peter Case
| Bystander / Guest
| Jeremy Hole, Richard Griffin &
| Technical -
| Frank Oakley
| Bystander / Ambassador
| Andrew Campbell
| Team
| Elizabeth Batten
| Hostess / Bystander
| Elizabeth Batten, Audrey Lewry,
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| Norma Somerville
| Parlourmaid / Bystander
| Pam Jefferies, Nancy Forsdike,
| Wardrobe Team
| Pippa Stallwood
| Bystander / Guest
| Rebecca Muggeridge & Doreen Oakley
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| Peter Coveney
| Taxi Driver / Nepommuck / Guest
| Joyce Figg
| Hair
| Sheila Wells
| Mrs Pearce
| Jane Towell
| Properties
| Keith Jefferies
| Alfred Doolittle
| Jan Case
| Continuity
| Nancy Forsdike
| Mrs. Higgins
| Elizabeth Lorentzen & Barbara Chamberlain
| Box Office
| Mary Jupp
| Guest
| Jim Towell
| Front of House
Programme Cover |
Cast |
Scenes |
Crew |
Press Photo 1: Cast |
Press Photo 2: Jackie Lander |
Press Photo 3: Julia Clark & Juniors during Bonfire Procession |
Peter Case, Jackie Lander, Alec Gear, Ann Gear, Andrew Powell, Maureen Thomas, Pippa Stallwood, Frank Oakley & Norma Somerville |
Norma Somerville |
Alec Gear, Jackie Lander & Sheila Wells |
Norma Somerville & Andrew Powell |
Keith Jefferies |
Doreen Oakley, Peter Case, Andrew Powell, Frank Oakley, Elizabeth Batten, Peter Coveney, Mary Jupp, Pippa Stallwood & John Stallwood |
Anne Gear & Norma Somerville |
Anne Gear,?, Maureen Thomas, Andrew Powell, John Stallwood & Nancy Forsdike |
Nancy Forsdike |
Anne Gear, Jackie Lander & Maureen Thomas |
Full Cast |
Press Review |
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