Will You Take This Woman?
by Maurice Callard
Directed by Judith Shrank
April 2003
Thursday 10th at 7.45 pm
Friday 11th at 7.45 pm
Saturday 12th at 7:45pm
There are some pictures on Will You Take This Woman gallery page
The full programme [106K pdf] for this production is available from the archive
Herbert & Pauline Farson are keen that their eldest daughter Fiona should marry her new boyfriend Gerald Dunjon, but he seems to need some persuasion to pop the question. Six months ago she was due to wed Johnny Spinet, but he failed to show up at the church.
Their youngest daughter Jenny, an enthusiastic but hopeless cook, has been talent spotted by Derek Colbert, the film producer. However, they are dubious about his motives.
In the chaotic Farson household things never go to plan. The Vicar is in a permanent state of confusion and Melinda thinks she has met Gerald's father before. Then an uninvited guest suddenly turns up out of the blue...
Setting
The living room of the Farson's house in a south-coast town. It is early August in the late 1950s.
Act 1
Scene 1. Early one evening
Scene 2. Later the same evening
Act 2
Scene 1. Some days later, mid morning
Scene 2. Early afternoon, the same day
Scene 3. A couple of hours later
Cast | |
Herbert Farson | Stewart Shrank |
Pauline Farson | Sally Martin |
Jenny Farson | Jennifer Lewis |
Fiona Farson | Vikki Harris |
The Vicar | Laurie Heatherington |
Gerald Dunjon | Nick Johnson |
Derek Colbert | Ari Gnanamuttu |
Aunt Melinda | Michelle Renée |
Ivy Dunjon | Margaret Johnson |
Ronald Dunjon | Paul Sparks |
Johnny Spinet | David Constable |
Production Team | |
Director | Judith Shrank |
Set Design & Construction | David Constable |
Mike Sparks | |
Costumes | Jenny Sparks |
Irene Sparks | |
Lighting | Brian Clayfield |
Stage Management | Jill Brooksbank |
Mike Sparks | |
Prompt | Betty Robertson |
Front of House Manager | Bill Davey |
Box Office | Betty Burgess |
Norman Burgess | |
Programme & Publicty | David Constable |