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The Rumour
by
C K Munro
Produced by Perry Corry
22nd - 25th March, 1933
A satirical view of English Empirism.
| The Hare is Started |
| Luke |
H P Hobbs |
| Kitty |
Muriel Brooks |
| Walter |
R F Craighead |
| Ned |
Harry Smedley |
| Ruby |
Margery Eva |
| The Hounds In Full Cry |
| Charles Lennard |
H Gent |
| Hon Algernon Moodie |
T C Sanders |
| La Rubia |
W H Williamson |
| The Man In The Street Buys His Opinion |
| Newsboy |
Anthony Ashton |
| Jones, A City Clerk |
E N Oughtred |
| Smith, A City Clerk |
J B Higgins |
| Przimians - Pro Patria |
| Jackson, British workman in Przimia |
A B Mallinson |
| Aramya, in charge of the Bar |
Joan O'Hanlon |
| Konchak, Przimia workman |
Gordon Whittaker |
| Kaprikan, Przimia workman |
T G Whittaker |
| Pooshin, Przimia workman |
J Basil Broadbent |
| Laminok, Przimia workman |
Norman B Broadbent |
| Burastok, Przimia workman |
J B Higgins |
| Cheekram, Przimia workman |
A G Birkett |
| Paro, Lorian workman |
F M Eaton |
| Lena Jackson, Jackson's Daughter |
Sheila Wood |
| Low Tactics in High Finance |
| Ned |
Harry Smedley |
| Secretary |
M Betty Higgins |
| Loirians - Pro PAtria |
| Lorian Priest |
A G Birkett |
| Deanne, British Free-lance Missionary |
William Oughtred |
| Torino, Lorian Leader |
Percy Corry |
| Ranskaya, Lorian Woman |
Lily Beving |
| Old Soresti, Kata Soresti's father |
W M Ford |
| Lena Jackson |
Sheila Wood |
| Paro |
F M Eaton |
| So Are They All Honourable Men |
| Rt Hon George Overton PC, MP |
F S Stanciffe |
| Chancellor of The Exchequer |
Percy Corry |
| Private Secretary to the PM |
Gordon Whitaker |
| Sir Arthur Cheston, Member of Deputation of Business Men |
A G Birkett |
| Sir George Darnell, Member of Deputation of Business Men |
Harry Smedley |
| Sir Robert Darnell, Member of Deputation of Business Men |
R F Craighead |
| Deane |
William Oughtred |
| Grange, Leader of Labour Deputation |
J Basil Broadbent |
| Peace - Perfect Peace |
| M Raffanel, representative of France |
W M Ford |
| General Moberley, commanding British Troops in Przimia |
D G Edwards |
| Stage Director |
A B Mallinson |
| Assistant Stage Director |
C A Beving
J R H Clayton
D Moss
Miss Moss
Miss Stancliffe |
| Electrician |
A C Mallinson |
| Assistant Electrician |
K Potter
E Ross |
| Property Mistress |
Mrs Brown |
| Assistant Property Mistress |
Miss Boon
Miss Dean
Miss E Sutcliffe |
| Scenery designed by A C Mallinson and constructed by members of the Stage Committee |
| Costumes and Wigs by Messrs Burkinshaw and Sons, Liverpool |
| The chant in Act 2 Scene 1 specially composed for the Rochdale Curtain Theatre's performance of The Rumour and kindly lent tot the Society |
The Radio-Gramaphone used during the performance kindly lent and operated by
Messrs G W Smith and Co Ltd, Stockport and Wilmslow |
| The steamer-siren effects produced by kind assistance of R Jenkins |
Our thanks are due to Mrs J R H Clayton, Miss M Ward and Miss J Hulse for the Incidental Music
Also to Wallace Arden and A C Mallinson for the posters advertising the production
And to Kenneth Potter for his valuable assistance with the lighting |
| We also express our gratitude to Miss Forrest Hewit, Hoin Sec League of Nations Union, Wilmslow, for valuable help in various ways |
| The chocolates etc on sale during the evenig supplied by The Turret, Wilmlsow and other well-known Makers. |
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