Tickets: Salisbury Information Centre, Fish Row, Salisbury Phone: 01722 342860 or from www.ticketsource.co.uk/studiotheatresalisbury
Written by: Philip King
Directed by: Richard Clarke
Dates: February 16th – 20th, matinee on Saturday 20th, 2010
Synopsis:
The play is set in 1943 in the living room of the Vicarage at the fictitious village of Merton-cum-Middlewick.
Here we meet Penelope Toop, former actress and now wife of the local
vicar, the Reverend Lionel Toop and their maid, Ida. Miss Skillon a
churchgoer of the parish, arrives to complain about the latest ‘outrage’
that Penelope has caused. The vicar then leaves for the evening, and an
old friend of Penelope’s, Lance-Corporal Clive Winton, stops by for a
quick visit. Penelope persuades Clive to see a production of “Private
Lives”, a Noël Coward play in which they had appeared together in their
acting days.
The vicar returns home, where he is taken prisoner by a German
prisoner-of-war who has escaped from a nearby camp. To add to the
confusion, the Reverend Humphrey, as well as Penelope’s uncle, the
Bishop of Lax, unexpectedly show up. Chaos quickly ensues, culminating
in a cycle of running figures, most of them dressed as clergymen.
Characters
Ida | – | Miss Jessica Richardson |
Miss Skillon | – | Mrs Cath Angell |
The Reverend Lionel Toop | – | Mr Alistair Faulkner |
Penelope Toop | – | Mrs Rachel Fletcher |
Lance-Corporal Clive Winton | – | Mr George Goulding |
The Intruder | – | Mr Stew Taylor |
The Bishop of Lax | – | Mr David Taylor |
The Reverend Arthur Humphrey | – | Mr Paul Marsh |
Sergeant Towers | – | Mr George Fleming |
Understudy | – | Mr Colin Hayman |
CREW | ||
Stage Manager | Ruth Clarke | |
ASM | Debbie Rose | |
Lighting Design/Operator | Chris Angell | |
Assisted by | Jennifer Riddler | |
Sound Design/Operator | Louisa Jackson | |
Assisted by | Ron Seaman | |
Costume | Theo Ross | |
Assisted by | Anna Lomax | |
Props | Peter Kelly | |
Linda & Colin Hayman | ||
Set Design | Richard Clarke | |
Set Constuction | Richard Clarke | |
George Goulding | ||
Alistair Faulkner |