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‘The Town That Would Have a Pageant’ by L du Garde Peach.

At long last some additional memorabilia – in the form of this Walthamstow Guardian Newspaper Report – has been unearthed of the Drama Club’s second production of ‘The Town that would have a Pageant’ – set in ‘Mangel-Wurzelton’ – a small provincial town – with the action passing from a Committee Room in the Town Hall through to the local theatre – some weeks later!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cast

  • Mrs Maude Higgins – A Cleaner – JIll Cooper
  • Mr Small – The Town Clerk – Peter Boulton
  • Mrs Whirlow – Gillian Langridge
  • Councillor Joe Pool – David Morgan
  • Dr Holden – Gordon Aylott
  • Miss Pilsey – Norma Pepperell
  • Jack Sheldon – Alec Malyon
  • Mayor’s Attendant – Bill Chapman
  • His Worshipful The Mayor – Denis Heath
  • Eleanor, Countess of Bliss – Valerie Poore
  • Mr Pethick – Alan Robson
  • Miss Wilkin – June Allitt
  • Mr Kemp – Bob Jackson
  • Sam – Stage Electrician – Richard Dunn
  • Mr Drogue – Alan Sandiford
  • Mr Hepple – Ray Aylott
  • The Earl of Bliss – John Cade
  • Lady Mary – Carol Hagger
  • Amy Frith – Irene Long
  • Mr Jubb – Terry Hooker
  • The Mayoress – Iris Suffolk
  • Lady Angela – Susan Parker
  • Man from the B.B.C. – Peter Storey
  • A Bandsman – Phil Pepperell
  • Pageant Prompter – Gillian Argent
  • Other Citizens – Maxine Elliott, Hilary Boother, Jenny Barnes, Lorraine Shearing,
  • Alan Foster, Sheila Lissamore, Linda Dunwoody, Anne Anderton & John Payne.

Stage Decor

  • Martin Kenny

Lighting

  • John Oatham
  • Richard Dunn

Wardrobe

  • Anne Cooper

Make Up

  • Judith Riches

Music

  • Richard Dunn

Properties

  • Iris Suffolk

House Manager

  • Gordon Aylott

Produced by Cyril Malyon

 

Programme Notes

Our crumpled copy of the programme sets out the following Theatre News’

‘In July we will be presenting a group of One Act Plays and a Cine Club Film. Our next full length play will be John’

Dighton’s ‘The Happiest Days of Your Life’ for presentation in early September.

For the next six months or so our resident Comedian/Musician/Scriptwriter  – Barry Elliott – will be appearing at Torquay in the Anthony Bygraves Show. In September, David Morgan commences a twelve month course of study at Leicester College for the Training of Full Time Youth Leaders. By the time they appear of this stage again Alan Sandiford and Iris Suffolk will be Mr & Mrs Sandiford. They have our very best wishes’.

 

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