Programme for the Elfed School's Production of Tobias and the Angel Produced by Beatrice Barker"

Elfed High School, Mill Lane, Buckley

April 1965

see 181.32 - 35 for the entries on this production.

A ticket for the play stated:

Elfed County Secondary School Buckley

"Tobias and the Angel"

by James Bridie

Wednesday, April 7th 1965

To Commence at 7 p.m.

Reserved Seat 2/6

COVER TEXT

Tobias and the Angel

A play in three acts

by James Bridie

Presented by Elfed County Secondary School

April 1965

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PROGRAMME TEXT

TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL

CHARACTERS

(in the order of appearance)

Tobit, a poor Jew………………………..Derek Walters

Tobias, his son…………………………...James Shone

Azarias, the Archangel Raphael………… Richard Tomlinson

Anna, Tobit's wife………………………. Susan Griffith

A Bandit…………………………………Kevin Cummins

Sherah, a Singing Girl…………………… Patricia Lewis

Sara, Raguel's daughter…………………. Avril Jones

Azorah, a Dancing Girl………………….. Jennifer Connah

Raguel, a rich Jew………………………..Michael Winstanley

An Ethiopian Slave……………………….Ian Hughes

Toby, Tobias's Dog………………………Trixie owned by Sandra Barlow

Girls in attendance on Sara………………..Kathleen Bellis

Hilary Eaton

Christine Griffiths

Barbara Hayes

Jean Hibbert

Margaret Roden

Rachel Williams

Asmoday Philip Parry

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES

The scene is laid in Mesopotamia and in Northern Persia.

The time is before the reign of Ahasuerus.

ACT I:

Scene 1 - Tobit's Hovel in Ninevah

Scene 2 - On the banks of the Tigris, a day's march from Ninevah

ACT II:

Scene 1 - Raquel's House in Hamadan

Scene 2 - The same

ACT III:

Scene I - A Khan near Kifri

Scene 2 - A lane in Ninevah, outside Tobit's ovel

This play is a plain-sailing dramatic transcription of the charming old tale told in the Book of Tobit in the Apocrypha.

The staging of this play has been a truly co-operative effort involving all members of Staff and many senior pupils.

HEN WLAD FY NHADAU

THE QUEEN

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Author: Elfed High School

Programme for the Elfed School's Production of Tobias and the Angel Produced by Beatrice Barker"

Elfed High School, Mill Lane, Buckley

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