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[[Image:CHANGETHISNAME.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Malcolm Johnson]]]]

by [[Eugene Labiche]] & [[Marc Michel]], Adapted by [[Thomas Walton]]

Directed by [[Jill Clark]] 

Performances: Sat 6th – Sat 13th November [[1982]], [[Bell Theatre]]


== Introduction ==
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The play is set in Paris in 1912.

This show had a gala  night attended by the Mayor of Lambeth (far right of picture).

== Cast ==


*Virginia, Mme Beaujolais' maid - [[Marilyn Firth]]
*Felix, Fardinard's valet - [[David Bidmead]]
*Vezinet, Helen's deaf uncle - [[Michael Meldrum]]
*Fadinard, the Bridgegroom - [[Adrian McLoughlin]]
*Emile Tavernier, a soldier - [[Mark Copping]]
*Annette, Mme Beaujolias - [[Caroline Farge]]
*Nonancourt, the Bride's father - [[Dennis Packham]]
*Helen, the Bride - [[Julia Voak]]
*Boby, the Bride's cousin - [[Matthew Lyne]]
*Clara, a milliner - [[Nikki Packham|Nikki Hogg]]
*Tardiveau, Clara's cashier - [[Jim Judd]]
*La Comptesse de Champigny, a society hostess - [[Brenda Meldrum]]
*Achille de Rosalba, the Comptesse's cousin - [[Alan Buckman]]
*Clotilde, the Comptesse's maid - [[Sharon Pidgeon]]
*La Duchesse de Chateau Gaillard - [[Ruth Lidyard|Ruth Shettle]]
*Mlle Ondine de Chateau Lepompe - [[Delia Taitt]]
*Le Duc de Chateau Gaillard - [[Leslie Lidyard]]
*M. Beaujolais, Annette's husband - [[Colm O'Neill]]
*A Corporal of the National Guard - [[Charles Cheetham|Charlie Cheetham]]
*A man in a nightcap - [[Bernard Witt]]

WEDDING GUESTS

*Bride's mother - [[Jean Farge]]
*Bridegroom's mother - [[Julie Thompson]]
*Bridegroom's father - [[John O'Connor]]
*Nagging wife - [[Sheila Harris]]
*Her husband, a letcher - [[Bernard Witt]]
*Their son, a nuisance - [[Simon Hewitt]]
*Ladies with identical outfits - [[Mikki Hewitt|Mickie Hewitt]], [[Jeanette Hoile]]
*Elderly aunt - [[Frances Walker]]
*Weepy, hysterical girl - [[Maureen Travers]]
*Overdressed lady - [[Jeannie Hossell]]
*Undertaker - [[Paul Allen]]
*Bossy wife - [[Marie La Torre]]
*Their daughter, the Bridesmaid - [[Natalie Harris]]
*National Guardsmen - [[Malcolm Woodman]], [[Bernard Witt]]
*Pianist - [[Lynn Jenner]]

== Crew ==

*Settings & Costumes - [[Alan Buckman]]
*Musical Director - [[Lynn Jenner]]
*Choreography - [[Jean Warboyes]]
*Assistants to the Director - [[Robert Hedden]], [[Sue Thompson]]
*Stage Manager - [[Sonia Burke]]
*Assistant Stage Managers - [[Sue Thompson]], [[Iris Lenny]], [[Julie Howcutt]], [[Ann King]]
*Lighting Design - [[Stephen Holroyd]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Dillon]]
*Sound - [[Gordon Scott]]
*Set Construction - [[Ray Seaton]]
*Assisted by - [[Edward Clark]], [[Jim Doyle]], [[Brian Fretwell]], [[Bob Marshall]], [[Larry Welch]]
*Costumes Made by - [[Alan Buckman]]
*Assisted by - [[Debby Parrett]], [[Jeanette Hoile]], [[Hilda Coulden]], [[Iris Lenny]]
*Prompt - [[Anna Greenburgh]], [[Jean Warboyes]]

== Reviews ==

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[[Category:Productions|Italian Straw Hat, An]]
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