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Programme of the Elfed School's Production of 'The Other Children', produced by Beatrice Barker"

Elfed High School, Mill Lane, Buckley

December 1955

see 181.10 - 13 for photos of the production

The front page only of the programme has been entered but the whole text is below

 

THE OTHER CHILDREN A PLAY IN 3 ACTS

PRESENTED BY THE

ELFED SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL DECEMBER 1955

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p.2.

THE OTHER CHILDREN

BY MARGARET HARDING

CHARACTERS

THE REAL CHILDREN

DAVID Michael T. Peters

MICHAEL Glyn Fisher

HELEN Brenda Parry

JULIAEnid Williams

MARJORIE Wynne M. Robinson

UNCLE HENRY Frederick C. Millward

Mrs. JAMES [his housekeeper]Kathleen M. Ellis

 

THE OTHER CHILDREN

TREASURE ISLAND

JIM HAWKINS Jan A. Hines

LONG JOHN SILVER Elwyn Jones

YOUNGEST HAND William N. Dougherty

ISRAEL HANDS Michael Hughes

PIRATES Geoffrey W. Hopwood

R. Bruce Elliot

Frank Edwards

Peter Robinson

Victor R. Fairclough

David R. Maxwell

 

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

ALICE Angela Hopwood

RED QUEEN Joy Astbury

WHITE QUEEN Barbara Connah

FROG Allan Duffield

 

WATER BABIES

TOM Carol A. Carr

WATER BABIES Rosaline A. Williams

Barbara A. Lamb

Merelyn Griffiths

Patricia Hockaday

John D. Ellis

Ivor Beavan

Allan S. Lunt

Anthony W. Jones

Mrs BE-DONE-BY-AS-YOU-DID Brenda Davies

Mrs DO-AS-YOU-WOULD-BE-DONE-BY Sheila Fox

ELLIE Carole A. Done

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p.3.

 

LITTLE WOMEN

BETH Hazel Wainwright

MEG Phoebe K. Roberts

AMY Eluned Hughes

 

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

ALICE Angela Hopwood

WHITE RABBIT Wendy C. Hewins

FOUR SOLDIERS David Parry

Michael Jones

Keith Ellis

Peter L. Millington

KNAVE OF HEARTS R. Stuart McNeillie

QUEEN OF HEARTS Jennifer M. Major

HATTER John Elliot

MARCH HARE Hugh E. Evans

DORMOUSE Michael Speke

COOK Sylvia L. Fox

JURY Glenys R. Bellis

E. Jane Messham (Eleri Barclay)

Christine Horton

Keith Astbury

David Freeman

Kevin Ball

THE PIED PIPER Robert R. Burrows

 

The action of the play passes in the living-room of Uncle Henry's house in the country.

ACT 1An evening in early Autumn [during the scene there is a blackout to denote the elapse of two hours]

ACT 2Midnight

ACT 3The next morning

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p.3.

 

MUSICAL ITEMS BY MEMBERS OF THE BUCKLEY ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY AND ELFED EVENING INSTITUTE

 

THE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF, AND THE SENIOR PUPILS HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCTION, STAGE MANAGEMENT, LIGHTING AND COSTUME

 

O for a Booke and a shadie nooke

Eyther in-a-doore or out;

With the grene leaves whisp'ring overhede,

Or the Street cryes all about,

Where I maie Reade all at my ease,

Both of the Newe and Olde;

For a jollie goode Booke whereon to looke,

Is better to me than Golde.

 

 

THE QUEENHEN WLAD FY NHADAU

E.T. Cropper, Printer, Buckley

 

 

 

 

Author: Elfed High School

Tags

Year = 1955

Month = December

Building = School

Event = Educational

Extra = 1950s

Extra = Theatre

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