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Independent Means
by
Stanley Houghton
Directed by Jan Atkinson
8th -15th October 2011
Set in the fictional town of Salchester somewhere between Salford and Manchester,
'Independent Means' chronicles the fortunes of an upper class conservative family in the Edwardian age.
First performed in 1909 the play’s chief protagonist is Sydney Forsyth, a socialist who has recently and rashly married Edgar Forsyth, the staunchly conservative unemployable son of John Forsyth. When John Forsyth is bankrupted after speculating the family’s capital they all face disaster but Sidney takes a secretarial job prompting her husband to announce that "no decent husband could live off his wife's earnings"... But Houghton suggests that female independence can be combined with marital harmony...
| John Forsyth |
Al Fowkes |
| Mrs Forsyth |
Diana Boswell |
| Edgar Forsyth |
Mike Palmer |
| Sidney Forsyth |
Lindsey Barker |
| Samuel Ritchie |
Peter de la Wyche |
| Jane Gregory |
Valerie Middleton-Egan |
| Stage Hands |
Steve Williamson
Bob Stewart |
| Stage Manager |
Helen Bingle |
| ASM |
Lottie Tyler |
| Wardrobe |
Carole Holmes
and the Green Room Team |
| Properties |
Fenella Fowkes
Sylvia Stewart
Charlie Cook
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| Sound and Projection |
Mark Seyler
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| Lighting and Projection |
Bruce Williams |
| Additional Technical Support |
David Atkinson |
| Prompt |
Rhianne Statom-Barnett |
| Set Build |
The Green Room Team |
| Rehearsal Photographs |
Chris Hills |
| Liaison |
Ian Cole |
| House Manager |
Celia Bonner
Pat Wheeler |
The Play was kindly sponsored by:
The Vet's Place, Chestnut House, Upcast Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 6EH
Stationery Solutions, 57 Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5JH |
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