Cat on the Fiddle

Name: Cat on the Fiddle
Start: 1984-05-10
End: 1984-05-12
Location: Faringdon Community Theatre, The Pump House, 5 Market Place, Faringdon

A farce by John Dole
Thursday 10 May 1984 - Saturday 12 May 1984
Faringdon Community Theatre, The Pump House, 5 Market Place, Faringdon
Directed by Evelyn Stoodley

Tickets were available from F. B. Wood (newsagents), 4a London Street, Faringdon.

As David’s Italian pen-pal, Mario, is coming to stay, his wife Kate goes to her mother’s so that they can practise their languages in peace. When the pen-pal turns out to be a shapely brunette named Maria David is in big trouble, not least because Maria has smuggled in a packet of diamonds. The flat is soon besieged with assorted gangsters, a lady plumber, a curate, the police and an angry Kate!

The action of the play takes place in the Abbotts’ rented flat in London.

Cast (in order of appearance):

David Abbott - Alastair Barron
Kate Abbott - Louise Jefferies
Mrs MacWhimble - Pat Saddleton
Mrs Scott - Mary Woodyer
Taxi Driver - Steve Reade
A Visitor - Gail Mander
Cuthbert Fortescue - Ian Newton
Arturo Cellini - George Young
Mrs Bottle - Deirdre Hamley
1st Policeman - David Cossins
2nd Policeman - Sean Boyce

See programme for further details.

Production No.83 (3 shows were performed over 3 days).

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