Quote, Unquote  I'd actually learnt all my lines for Ladies In Iniquity so it was a bit galling when we had to drop it. Dave Barber and I had performed Sailor Beware! before with the Chameleons long since defunct predecessors and, although it seemed like a good idea at the time, there was, in the end, something unsatisfying about revisiting a play I'd done before. Dave had originally been cast as Henry but, thinking he was too young to play Natalie's father(!), took it upon himself to cast Frank as his replacement. Which was where all the problems started.
Frank had also performed Sailor Beware! with the Chameleons long since defunct predecessors (see how cleverly I avoid naming them!) and had later appeared in a production of Gosforth's Fete that Yvonne had directed where, for reasons best known to himself, he had been as rude and uncooperative as possible. Understandably, Yvonne refused to have anything to do with him. So Dave took over the directing. Well, directing in the loosest sense of the word...
There was an atmosphere of despair at rehearsals and it was a relief to get it over and done with. The corpsing incident with the lighting gel just about sums this one up. The performances lacked lustre and the cast lacked discipline. My straight-faced Carnoustie was just about adequate. Quite possibly the feeblest production we’ve ever mounted. Even the photographs are crap David