New Directors' Double Bill (2003)

Poster by Stuart Draper

Performances: Tue 6th - Sat 10th May 2003, Bell Theatre

Come into the Garden, Maud

By Noel Coward

Directed by Paul Hurley

Introduction

Belonging to the 1965 Coward collection 'Suite in Three Keys', this light comedy centres around Anna-Mary and Verner Conklin, an extremely wealthy American couple on holiday in Europe. While Anna-Mary plans for a dinner party to impress her snobbish friends - plans which soon begin to go awry - Verner begins to reconsider their relationship after the arrival of the mysterious Maud.

Cast

• Anna-Mary Conklin - Eileen Coan
• Felix - Paul Crump
• Verner Conklin - John Lyne
• Maud Caragnani - Ronae Jolliffe

Crew for Come Into the Garden Maude

• Production Assistant - Kat Boyce
• Hair - Jay Michaels
• Costume - Philip Hinton

Melons at the Parsonage

By Nick Warburton

Directed by Bob Callender

Introduction

When two companies become joint winners of a local drama festival the rules decree a tie breaker. Each group must perform an extract from its own play and then an extract from the opposing team's entry. The pieces are very different - one a traditional murder mystery featuring a vicar, a maid and a spinster, the other a piece of dark experimental art, full of symbolic meanings.

Cast

• Iris - Chris Theophilus
• Ted - Stuart Flitton
• Drunken Geordie - Emma Wilson
• Small Delighted Person - Maria Cottee/Paul Cottee
• Vicar - Matthew Lyne
• Maid - Emma Hillman
• Spinster - Beth Smith
• Jam 1 - Chris Loft
• Jam 2 - Marie Hull
• Jam 3 - Fiona Daffern
• Jam 4 - David Lomas
• Voices - Chris Bennett, Rosie Brunt, Alan Buckman, Marian Buss, Bob Callender, Liam campbell, Emma Jane Connolly, Fiona Daffren, Helen Davies, Kay Dobby, Stuart Draper, Peter Fortune, Duncan Hart, Emma Howcutt, Paul Hurley, Marie Hull, Deirdre Jackson, Joe St Johanser, Jack King, Anton Krause, [[[Maggie Kruger]], Chris Learmouth, David Lomas, John Lyne, Lisa Marsh, Peter Medd, Pat Mill, Elinor Morgan-Jones, Steve Pitt, Abi Spooner, Chris Vain-Smith & Victoria Waddington

Crew for both plays

• Stage Manager - ???
• Lighting Design - ???
• Sound Design - ???

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