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Cast |
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| Hamilton Penworthy |
Dave
Barber |
| Lucien Tomb |
David
Burton |
| Dora Tomb |
Val
Howell |
| Emily Tomb |
Jill
Kennedy |
| Marcus Tomb |
Richard
Wood |
| Anne Franklin |
Sarah
Gregg |
| Agatha Hammond |
Kathryn
Hoyle |
| Freda Mountjoy |
Marilyn
Wade |
| Peregrine Potter |
Brain
Andrews |
| Monica Tomb |
Liz
Ratcliffe |
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Directed by Yvonne Berry |
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Mind
Your Feet! After finishing Delayed Arrival with even
less people than when we started, it was time for a major recruitment drive. So
we put an ad in the Hull Daily Mail and optimistically chose a play with
a large (-ish) cast. Richard, Brian, Jill, Liz, Kathryn and Marilyn turned up
and they all got parts. Then it was
back to the enclosed environs of Spring
Street Studio Theatre, so getting all ten of the
cast (and the furniture) on stage was a bit of a tight squeeze. Two of the
audience had their feet in the fireplace and Richard
had to die almost in the laps of the front row! |
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Quote,
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Hull Truck aren't exactly on my Christmas card list but
their little Studio Theatre was a godsend to us in the
early days as there was a lack of decent performing spaces
in the centre of Hull and the Film Theatre was financially
out of our reach for more than one production a year. So
their arrogant and condescending attitude was just
something we had to put up with. But working in the
Studio, they tended to ignore us completely and leave us
to our own devices, which was fine by us. All I can
remember of the play is messing up the first scene on the
dress rehearsal and having to start all over again. We also
performed Act I in the All-England Theatre Festival. Never
a good idea just to do half a play and, needless to say, we
came nowhere David
I like playing dotty old serial killer ladies Val |
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The
Audience Won't Notice Act I ends with Penworthy crashing through
the French Windows with a knife between his shoulders and dying spectacularly.
At which point Peregrine faints dead away. Curtain. Applause. But on
Friday night Dave Barber crashed through the French windows straight into the back of one of the chairs,
breaking it in two. Brian stumbled about a bit and then fell over. Dave had,
apparently, thrown him by "dying in my fainting space". We never
heard the last of it. |
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Was
I In That One? Marilyn never did another
play with us. We got the impression that her husband
regarded all actors as a bunch of queers and he didn't
want her hanging around with us! |
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