We have only to consider the present furore over the marriage of a divorced future King to a woman, not only a divorcee but also a commoner, to think ourseleves back to the time when people did not live together without the benefit of clergy.
They were spoken of only in whispers and not in front of the children.
Hence, the discovery on the very day of the Silver Wedding celebration that the parson who married three young couples twenty five years previously was not all he ought to have been is shocking.
This is Clecklewyke. The couples are important people, leaders of the community. Everybody knows everybody!
To further complicate the affair, a painted woman with dyed hair calls to provide another dimension to the plot.
We hope you enjoy the gentle satire of this play from the 30s as Priestley exposes the pomposity and snobberies of people he must surely have known.
Ruby Birtle |
Liz Brown |
Gerald Forbes |
Simon Caporn |
Mrs. Northrop |
Olive Bradbury |
Nancy Holmes |
Jane Anderson |
Fred Dyson |
Glenn Poole |
Henry Ormonroyd |
Mike Bullimore |
Alderman Joseph Helliwell |
Jeremy Cleverley |
Maria Helliwell |
Adele Taylor |
Councillor Albert Parker |
Victor Hassan |
Annie Parker |
Diana Boswell |
Herbert Soppitt |
Geoffrey Martyn |
Clara Soppitt |
Colette Fitton |
Lottie Grady |
Jane Newman |
Reverend Clement Mercer |
Ronnie Dykstra |
Stage Manager |
Jan Atkinson |
Continuity |
Sheila Chatburn |
Lighting |
Bruce Williams |
Sound |
Peter Janes |
Properties |
Sue Offer
Helen Bingle
Clare McGlashan |
Wardrobe, Costume Design and Making |
Linda Batson
Carole Holmes
Clare McGlashan |
Wigs |
Chris Bullimore |
Set Design |
Graham Boswell |
Set Construction |
Graham Boswell
Simon Janes
Steve Williamson |
Front of House |
Al Fowkes
Anthony Whitworth |
This production kindly sponsored by:
Jacky Freeman, Artist
Martin Pearson, Architects,Wilsmlow |
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