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07/09/08 21:55

Three 
O
ne-Act 
P
lays
Mountain Air  And This 
W
as 
O
dd

 

Three One Act Plays

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
 
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
 

Mountain Air

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

And This Was Odd

by Kenneth Horne

November 22 1952

Directed by  
 
Anthea Penney

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

Review of the time

"Young Wick Comedy at Barn Theatre"

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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