The Cherry Sisters (1984)
Directed by Nikki Hogg (in Programme as Miss Directed by Nikki Hogg, with an arrow to move the Miss to read Miss Nikki Hogg)
Performances: Sat 15th & Sun 16th September 1984, Prompt Corner
Part of a double bill with Streuth
Contents
Introduction
A Coarse Acting Play; information on coarse acting from the author, Michael Green.
- The Coarse Actor
One who can remember his lines but not the order in which they come.
One who performs to sparse audiences in Church Halls amid lethal props.
The Coarse Actor's aim is to upstage the rest of the cast. His hope is to be dead by Act 2 so he can spend the rest of the time in the pub.
His Problems? Everyone else connected with the production
- How to recognise Coarse Drama
... one of the infallible signs that Coarse Drama is on is the fact that the traditional roles of actor and audience are reversed. the actor is being himself while the audience are playing a part, heavily pretending to enjoy the show, struggling to laugh at unfunny jokes and so on. Watching a bad amateur show can be more exhausting than 3 hours on stage.....
Cast
- Veruka (Lenina Zuleika Bologna - Jean Taylor
- Masha (Yeliena Oblonska Nogoodska) - Anna Greenburg
- Gnasha (Alexandra Stalina Schokclata) - Amanda Lee-Raymond
- Babushka (an old crone) - Lisa Harris
- Footrotski (Romanov Heria)- Nick Landau
- Piles (an old servant) - Dennis Packham
- Captain Sodov (Vladimir Pederastovitch) Roger Taylor
- Stationmaster - (Peter Stravinski Behanovich Porkin) - Trevor Gill
- Prompt & hand pushing a chamber pot - Nikki Hogg
Crew
- Stage Manager - Bill Peters
- Assistant Stage Manager - Theresa Marshall
- Lighting - Roger Taylor
- Sound - Bill Peters
- Special Props made by - Mike Mattey, Sharon Haywood & Dennis Packham
Reviews
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Gallery
Reminiscences and Anecdotes
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