Barn Theatre
Southwick Street
Southwick
West
Sussex
BN42 4TE
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The Barn Theatre has a loop for the hard-of-hearing and facilities for the disabled including wheel-chair access.
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last updated
24/12/2011 00:02
HEALTH WARNING! Ralph Dawes told me in September 2008 that in the days of '52 the programme listings were not always reflective of the cast that actually appeared on stage. Fright, ill health etc meant last minute changes. But we decided to show the cast as listed in the programme of the day. So it's 'e&oe' as they said way back then.
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April 4 1952 |
| 1 : Dimitrios | 2 : Miss Tarzan |
| by Norman Holland | by Arnold English |
| Produced by Mrs. E Penney | Produced by Anne Kempshall and Betty Turrell |
| Cast | Cast |
| Betty Carpenter - Sophia Eliades | Elaine Smithers - Mrs. Mavis Denton |
| John Wilson - Petros Dabolis | Pat Hollingworth - Miss Taylor |
| Judith Griggs - Argyro Mouklos | Diane Hubbard - Miss Clotilde Ffolliott |
| Leslie Eacock - Nicolis Sophronis | Susan Pashley - Miss Hanson |
| Maureen Futcher - Marigo Bozzaris | Eileen Turley - Patricia Denton [Miss Tarzan] |
| Elwyn Wass - Georgis Ypsilantis | |
| Tony Caunter - Zanos Trikoupes | |
| Michael Tracy - Dimitros | |
| Eileen Turley - Sosana | |
| 3 : Dukes
and Fairies by Pat Garrod |
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| Produced by John Wilson | |
| Cast | |
| Betty Carpenter - Annie | |
| Michael Tracy - Police Constable | |
| John Wilson - Charlie | |
| Diana Hubbard - 1st char | |
| Pamela Riches - 2nd char Sylvia Sartin - Carol Elaine Smithers -Mary Tony Caunter - Harold Leslie Eacock - John Betty Perry - Second woman |
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by Ronald Wilson July 4 1952 Directed by Muriel Press |
| Cast |
| John Wilson - Herr Doktor Johanna Huberman |
| Sylvia Sartin - Nicolette |
| Betty Carpenter - Frau Anna Hubermann |
| Michael Tracy - Harry Simpkinson |
| Leslie Eacock - George Beesdale |
| Ronald Twine - Hamish Laurie |
| Pamela Hagon - Noel Jackson |
| Anthony Caunter - Mark Taylor |
| Production Crew |
| Stage Manager - Maureen Futcher |
| ASM - Clive Townsend |
| Decor - Elizabeth Penney |
| Properties - Sheila Cottier, Wendy Wright |
| Asst Electrician - Elwyn Wass |
| Effects - John Chatfield |
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by Kenneth Horne November 22 1952 Directed by Anthea Penney |
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| Cast | |
| Michael Dawes - Morton [a man servant] | |
| Diana Hubbard - Nurse Jones [a trained nurse] | |
| Betty Perry - Julia Kemp [Mrs. Simmons' younger daughter] | |
| Betty Gedge - Jane Simmons [Mrs. Simmons' elder daughter] | |
| John Wilson - Frank Kemp [Julia's husband] | |
| Elaine Smithers - Margot Kemp [daughter of Frank and Julia] | |
| Elwyn Wass - Sam Potts [Margot's fiancé] | |
| Eileen Turley - Mrs. Simmons [an elderly widow] | |
| Betty Carpenter - Lady Wilson [a friend of Julia] | |
| Production Crew | |
| Stage Manager - Maureen Futcher | |
| ASMs - Sheila Cottier, Sylvia Sartin | |
| Scenery designed by - Young Wick Players | |
| Properties - Pat Hollingworth, Wendy Wright | |
| Electrician - Frank Hurrell | |
| Effects - John Chatfield | |
| House Manager - Donald Halfrey | |
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Review of the time |
Reviewer unknown |
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" Young Wick Comedy at Barn Theatre " |
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| The
Young Wick Players proved themselves adept at comedy in their
presentation of And This Was Odd by Kenneth Horne, at The
Barn Theatre, Southwick, on Friday. The play, produced by Anthea
Penney, was staged again on Saturday. John Wilson, as Frank Kemp, a middle-aged husband with a weakness for pretty women, was admirably cast, and led much of the comedy. He found life uncomfortable when his mother-in-law, Mrs. Simmons [Eileen Turley], announced to her family, gathered or Christmas celebrations, that her spirit left her body when she took a sleeping draught. Her spiritual presence loomed into the private lives of her family, discovering each with a guilty secret. Frank's wife, Julie, played by Betty Perry, found her secret bridge debts no longer a secret, and her elder spinster sister, Jane Simmons [Betty Gedge], lived in terror, knowing her petty insurance swindle to be exposed. Much of the play was devoted to the love affair of Margot Kemp [Elaine Smithers] and Elwyn Wass as Sam Potts and their quarrelling cast gloom on Frank's and Julia's lives. Diana Hubbard, as Nurse Jones, was unwittingly the cause of the old lady's spiritual wanderings. Mrs. Simmons straightened out all their problems with hr ethereal ,presence, and found the opportunity to tell a friend, Lady Wilson [Betty Carpenter] how much she disliked her. She also patched up Margot's love affair and traced the disappearance of liquor to Morton [Michael Dawes] the family manservant. |
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