A play by
Paul Doust
adapted from the novel by Stella Gibbons
Performed
May 1994
Directed by Beryl Rees
Characters in order of appearance:
| Aunt Ada Doom Flora Poste Charles/ Seth Starkadder Mr. Neck Judith Starkadder Rennet Adam Lainbsbreath Elfine Starkadder Urk / Richard Hawk-Monitor Reuben Starkadder Amos Starkadder/ Sneller Mrs. Hawk-Monitor Photographer |
Nancy Reeves Helen Barter Nick Hobden Walther Schoonenberg Carolyn Taylor Pauline Durham Dave Headey Debbie Lock Alan Taylor Mike Durham Roger Leitch Carole Tappenden Steven Lewis |
The Chorus, Quivering Brethren and various Starkadders:
| Jill Headey Joan Lee Kate Lord |
Kate Peer Irene Schoonenberg Jeni Summerfield |
Starkadder children / Quivering Children:
| Louise Benton Louise Butler Claire Green |
Philip Hurst Julian Probert Paul Summerfield |
Hawk-Monitor guests at the Ball and the Wedding:
(from the Impetus School of Dancing, Swindon)
| Henry Adams Alan Batchelor Dot Batchelor June Coombs Gordon Francis |
Mary Francis Celia Lewin Charles Lewin Eric Yetman Maisie Yetman |
Production Team:
| Continuity Stage management Properties Set design Set construction Special props Costumes Lighting Sound Front of House Publicity Ticket Sales Programmes |
Deirdre Hamley Jo & Peter Webster Joan Hurst Carole Tappenden Jo Webster Carole Tappenden Jo Webster Jo & Peter Webster Carole & Jim Tappenden Irene.& Walther Schoonenberg Jim Tappenden Joan Lee Jeni Summerfield Tim Reeves Steven Lewis Melanie Pallett Ruth, Christina and Rory Willett Mary Green Denise Monk Eileen Drew Joyce Carter Roland Quinney Tim Reeves Walther Schoonenberg Irene Schoonenberg Dave Headey |
We would like to thank:
Jean Dodson and Gerry Martin of the Impetus School of Dancing for arranging the dances, Faringdon Travel for the sale of tickets, and Mary Green who modelled for publicity and poster photographs.
Special thanks to Ian Ashby and the Kingston Bagpuize Drama Group for additional fighting equipment; to Mark Hare for posters; to the Cotswold Motor Museum and Toy Collection for the loan of the tricycle; to the Vale & Downland Museum, Wantage, for the loan of the yoke; to Sudbury House Hotel for the ice bucket; to John Nicholls (Hanging Baskets) for greenery; to Bowlers for the loan of buckets; to Faringdon Camera Club for photographs, and to Steven Lewis for the loan of the camera.