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What the Butler Saw (1971)

2009-04-21T23:56:09Z

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by [[Joe Orton]]

Designed & Directed by [[James Morgan]]

Performances: Sun 4th – Sat 10th July [[1971]], [[Bell Theatre|Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

Text about the play

== Cast ==

*Dr. Prentice - [[John Harris]]
*Geraldine Barclay - [[Marjorie Stead]]
*Mrs Prentice - [[Tina Kanarek]]
*Nicholas Beckett - [[Mark Leffler]]
*Dr. Rance - [[Victor Shaw]]
*Sgt. Match - [[Bernard Bullbrook]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[Margaret Leech]]
*Assistant Stage Managers - [[Paul Beech]], [[Maggie Benjamin]], [[Jeremy Castle]], [[Eileen Pasco]], [[Sheila Pasco]], [[Sheila Rees]], [[Ray Sargent]]
*Lighting - [[Geoffrey Mayne]]
*Sound - [[Brenda Johnstone]]
*Set Construction - [[John Cooke]], [[Ray Seaton]]
*Costumes - [[Jean Firminger]]
*Assistant to the director - [[Ameryllis Adams]]
*Company Manager - [[Frank Howcutt]]
*F.O.H Manager - [[Frank Howcutt]]
*Box Office Manager - [[Tony Westhead]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
*[[What the Butler Saw (1987)]]

== References ==
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== External Links ==

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What the Butler Saw (1987)

2009-04-21T23:55:56Z

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by [[Joe Orton]]

Directed by [[Adrian Bascombe]]

Performances: Sun 12th – Sat 18th April [[1987]], [[Bell Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

Text about the play

== Cast ==

*Dr. Prentice - [[Pip Piacentino|Philip Piacentino]]
*Geraldine Barclay - [[Denise Richardson]]
*Mrs Prentice - [[Sally Maclean]]
*Nicholas Beckett - [[Keefe Browning]]
*Dr Rance - [[Alan Buckman]]
*Sergeant Match - [[Derek Staples]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[Malcolm Woodman|W Malcolm Woodman]]
*Assistant Stage Managers - [[Anji Gibson]] & [[Gillian Holmes]]
*Lighting Design - [[Brian Fretwell]]
*Lighting Operator - [[John Kidd]]
*Designer - [[Alan Buckman]]
*Director's P.A. - [[Leslie Lidyard]]
*Set Construction - [[Steve Nash]] & members of the Company
*Straitjackets - [[Elaine Valleau]]
*Prompt - [[Simon Hodges]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==
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== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==

*[[What the Butler Saw (1971)]]

== References ==
<references/>

== External Links ==

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Skirmishes (1984)

2009-04-21T15:47:53Z

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by [[Catherine Hayes]]

Directed by [[Paul Beech]]

Performances: Weds 8th – Sat 11th February [[1984]], [[Bell Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

Text about the play

== Cast ==

*Jean - [[Ann Walker]]
*Rita - [[Eileen Coan|Eileen Bicarregui]]
*Mother - [[Pam Lyne]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[Sue Thompson]]
*Asistant Stage Managers - [[Ann Richards]], [[Christine Page]]
*Lighting - [[Bernard Bullbrook|Bernie Bullbrook]]
*Sound Recording - [[Brian Fretwell]]
*Sound Operator - [[Richard Wood]]
*Production Assistant - [[Janet Beech]]
*Set Design - [[Paul Beech]]
*Set Construction - [[Don North]]

== Reviews ==

From Don Madgwick in the Croydon Advertiser, reprinted in SCENE with permission.

"Skirmishes" is by the Liverpool playwright Catherine Hayes, and the first thing to say is that the play is vibrant with truth.

The second thing is that Paul Beech's production is riveting from first to last. Seldom is a single word wasted, and the understanding between the two actresses is wholly admirable, each reacting to every change of mood of the other.

One thing that causes me some uneasiness is that the accents of the two sisters are unlike as chalk and cheese. The fact that Rita has been away for years would hardly account for her north country tones against Jean's standard English.

Any misgivings on this score are dispelled by the sensitivity of the acting. Eileen Bicarregui (Coan) is Rita, selfish, wrapped up in her own family like a fish out of water in the presence of age and sickness.

Ann Walker is Jean, the one who has nursed her mother through the whole unedifying ordeal. Her own marriage on the rocks, childless and embittered, she yet manages to squeeze a kind of bleak humour out of the situation. In spite of the theme, the evening is actually almost as funny as it is sad.

Pam Lyne plays the dying mother. With only a few words to speak she gives a totally compelling performance. It is all to easy to believe that she is really dying before our very eyes. Here is acting of a high order. They also serve who only lie and waste.

== Gallery ==
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== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLTC/SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==
<references/>

== External Links ==

*'''[http://www.someplace.com/thisplay This play on the web]

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Everything in the Garden (1968)

2009-04-21T15:22:48Z

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by [[Giles Cooper]]

Directed by [[Director's Name]]

Performances: Mon 5th – Sun 11th February [[1968]], [[Bell Theatre|Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

Text about the play

== Cast ==

*Jenny Acton - [[Mikki Hewitt|Mickie Barrett]]
*Bernard Acton - [[Christopher Rose]]
*Leone Pimosz - [[Joan Sprigs]]
*Jack - [[Leslie Lidyard]]
*Roger - [[Keith Pumphries]]
*Bill - [[Charles Cheetham]]
*Beryl - [[Ruth Shettle]]
*Stephen - [[William Pead]]
*Laura - [[Margaret Bradshaw]]
*Tom - [[Eric Twelftree]]
*Louise - [[Frances Howard]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[Julia Straton]]
*Assisted by - [[Sheila Pasco]], [[Norman Bradshaw]], [[Jim Harman]], [[Maurice Williams]], [[Betty Williams]], [[Betty Lawson]]
*Design - [[Alex Kanarek]]
*Lighting - [[Colin Stokes]]
*Sound - [[John Alford]], [[ Ricky Maguire]]
*Costumes - [[Christine Rothin]]
*Assistant to the director - [[Ann McGrath]]
* Front of House Manager - [[Frank Howcutt]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

I have just found 2 contact sheets of pictures I suspect are from this show, will post here soon.

Brian Fretwell

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==
<references/>

== External Links ==

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Everything in the Garden (1968)

2009-04-21T15:16:08Z

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

by [[Giles Cooper]]

Directed by [[Director's Name]]

Performances: Mon 5th – Sun 11th February [[1968]], [[Bell Theatre|Theatre]]

== Introduction ==

Text about the play

== Cast ==

*Jenny Acton - [[Mikki Hewitt|Mickie Barrett]]
*Bernard Acton - [[Christopher Rose]]
*Leone Pimosz - [[Joan Sprigs]]
*Jack - [[Leslie Lidyard]]
*Roger - [[Keith Pumphries]]
*Bill - [[Charles Cheetham]]
*Beryl - [[Ruth Shettle]]
*Stephen - [[William Pead]]
*Laura - [[Margaret Bradshaw]]
*Tom - [[Eric Twelftree]]
*Louise - [[Frances Howard]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Manager - [[Julia Straton]]
*Assisted by - [[Sheila Pasco]], [[Norman Bradshaw]], [[Jim Harman]], [[Maurice Williams]], [[Betty Williams]], [[Betty Lawson]]
*Design - [[Alex Kanarek]]
*Lighting - [[Colin Stokes]]
*Sound - [[John Alford]], [[ Ricky Maguire]]
*Costumes - [[Christine Rothin]]
*Assistant to the director - [[Ann McGrath]]
* Front of House Manager - [[Frank Howcutt]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==
<references/>

== External Links ==

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]