Comedy Double Bill - performed March 2014
The Real Inspector Hound
By Tom Stoppard
Performed with the kind permission of Samuel French
Director - Kate Sheffield
This one-act play by Tom Stoppard has the originality of style which he brings to his texts. In this play he parodies the "murder mystery" performance which invariably takes place in a country house. The two critics sent along to comment on the performance get carried away by their own pretensions - the one concerned about his rival critic, the other about his conquests with women. With these two getting involved in the drama a farcical conclusion is created. The cast have worked hard to achieve what will hopefully be a thoughtprovoking and amusing first half.
Cast
(in order of appearance)
| Moon | Paul Reed |
| Bird Boot | Alan Green |
| Mrs Drudge | Roz Pettett |
| Simon | Malachy Luckie |
| Felicity | Lucy Watts |
| Cynthia | Angie Smith |
| Magnus | Adrian Bolton |
| Inspector Hound | Nigel Rowe |
| A N Other | Gordon Prior |
| Radio Announcer | Martin Rayner |
Photo Shoot
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The Amazing Revelations of Orca The Goldfish
By David Tristram
Performed with the kind permission of Samuel French
Director - Glyn Hill
This is my second opportunity to direct for the Manifest Theatre, and it is
very different from the brooding sinister ‘Dead Guilty’. ‘The Amazing Revelations
of Orca The Goldfish’ is a saucy, hilariously funny play about a bored
married couple Henry and Alice, who act out their fantasies in front of their
goldfish Orca.
As before I have an amazing cast, small in number but huge in talent and
commitment and a very supportive back stage crew. I hope you enjoy
watching Orca as much as I have enjoyed directing it.
Cast
(in order of appearance)
| Henry Smith | John Roberts |
| Alice Smith | Jan Watkins |
Photo Shoot
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Production Team
Kate Sheffield, Glyn Hill, Nigel Rowe, Andy Terry, Derek Butcher, Jude Hussey, Diana Luckie, Yvonne Cobbold, Val Taylor Gloria Streames, Bruce Emeny, George Sykes, Elaine Green, June Wheeler, June & Alan Wheeler, Patience Ling, Viv Wheatley, Amanda & Nigel Rowe, Steve Sadler and other volunteers not mentioned.
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