1970 Private, Get My Man, 7.30 Alarum

Private Lives (Act I) by Noel Coward

Performed at Uphill Village Hall, Locking Village Hall, Bleadon Village Hall, Highbridge One-Act Play Festival : Spring 1970

I'll Get My Man by Philip King

1970 02

Performed at Weston-super-Mare Playhouse : April 21st - 25th 1970 including Saturday matinee

CAST

Rev. Arthur Humphrey TERRY STREET

Mrs. Carter JOY WILKINSON

Harriet Humphrey JIMMIE MILTON

Mrs. Barrington-Locke NAN HESS

Peter (Venture Man) Graham CLIVE DARKE

Photographer STEVEN BOLEY

Josephine de Brissac MARGARET HORLER

Pixie (I'll Get My Man) Potter PAMELA LINHAM

Bishop of Lax DAVID HEMMING

Postman NICK BALMAR

PRODUCTION

Producer BRIAN PIKE

Stage Manager DERRICK LANE

Assistant Stage Manager COLIN LOVE

Property Mistresses ELIZABETH WILKINSON,

MARY HUGHES

and BOBBIE ROBERTSON

Wardrobe Mistress ROSE PHELPS

Continuity JOAN FISHER

Hon. Business Manager JACK MILTON

Publicity Officer MARGARET HORLER

Scenery Designed by JOHN BUTLER

Constructed and Painted by Society Members

Costumes BRISTOL OLD VIC

Clive Darke, Margaret Horler, Nan Hess, Jimmie Milton, David Hemming, Joy WIlkinson, Pam Linham,

Terry Street, Steven Boley

Jimmie Milton, Joy WIlkinson, Clive Darke, Pam Linham

REVIEW - Bristol Evening Post Tuesday April 22nd 1970 - LAUGHS, THICK AND FAST

Laughs came thick and fast in Weston-super-Mare Dramatic Society's production of I'll Get My Man at the Playhouse Theatre last night.

And, as the plot thickens, laughs came even faster, thanks to snappy acting and direction in this king-size farce from the pen of Philip King. For Terry Street, as the absent-minded vicar in search of a wife, there was lively applause from a first-night audience comprising a much larger than usual percentage of teenage theatre-goers. A situation in which ATV idol, played by Clive Darke and a pursuing popsie played by Pamela Linham seek sanctuary in a village vicarage, obviously appealed to the younger generation, and with the addition of a gusty Mrs. Barrington-Locke, played by Nan Hess, and a garrulous Mrs. Carter played by Joy Wilkinson, the appeal broadened out.

David Hemming, pontificated as the Bishop of Lax, and producer Brian Pike succeeded in keeping the whole pot boiling briskly enough for no one to realise just how thin were the contents. E.H.

REVIEW - Western Daily Press Wednesday April 23rd 1970 - PLAYERS TRIUMPH IN KING SIZE FARCE

Weston-super-Mare Dramatic Society in "I'll Get My Man," by Philip King, Playhouse Theatre.

Laughs came thick and fast thanks to snappy acting and direction in this king size farce.

For Terry Street as the absent-minded vicar searching for a wife, there was lively applause from a first night audience comprising a much larger than usual percentage of teenagers.

The situation in which a TV idol (Clive Darke) and a pursuing popsie (Pamela Linham) seek common sanctuary in a vicarage, obviously appealed to the younger generation.

By adding a gusty Mrs. Barrington-Locke, projected by Nan Hess, and a garrulous rompish Mrs. Carter, of the kitchen, played by Joy Wilkinson with evident enjoyment, the appeal broadened out.

Achievement

David Hemming pontificated as the Bishop of Lax - a part played by the author in the Bristol Old Vic production in 1966 - and producer Brian Pike succeeded in keeping the pot boiling briskly enough for no one to realise just how thin were the contents.

This in itself is an achievement for any amateur society tackling a farce - and should ensure good houses for the rest of the week. ERIC HOPKINSON

1970 03

The 7.30 Alarum Show A Revue by Bill Clout

Performed at Weston-super-Mare Playhouse : November 3rd - 7th 1970 including Saturday matinee

CAST

7.30 - 8.00 DAVID HEMMING, PAUL WHITE, STEVEN BOLEY, JOHN BUTLER,

BRIAN S. MORTON-HICKS

"Alarum" The Company

Henry V GREGORY THACKER

Glump Dance PUXTON & WORLE MUCKSPREADERS

Green Bonk BRIAN PIKE

Sherlock Holmes -

Holmes HAYDN DURANT

Watson DAVID HEMMING

Girl TERESINHA MORTON-HICKS

I'll Never Fall in Love Again The Girls

Waiting for - - - ? PAUL WHITE, JOHN BUTLER

Telephone Call JOAN FISHER

All Things White -

Lecturer BRIAN PIKE

Nanook DAVID HEMMING

Oolgi CATHERINE COOKSON

Life The Girls

Union Dispute -

Woman BOBBIE ROBERTSON

Girl NICOLA PARKER

Boy JOHN BUTLER

Singing Foot BRIAN PIKE

Jean TONY HAYMAN, PAT MURPHY, RACHEL ALFORD

Saleswomanship -

Assistant MARGARET HORLER

Manager DAVID HEMMING

Customer BRIAN PIKE

Damsel in Distress LILIAN BAILEY, JOHN BUTLER

Cream Teas -

Man GREGORY THACKER

Wife TERESINHA MORTON-HICKS

Cafe Owner PAMELA LINHAM

English Film Bit -

Mother BOBBIE ROBERTSON

Son TONY HAYMAN

Daughter NICOLA PARKER

Producer BRIAN PIKE

Big Spender BRIAN S. MORTON-HICKS

& The Girls

Chinese Ambassador TERRY STREET

Let the Sunshine In The Go-Go Dancers

All Quiet on the Weston Front -

Sheriff BRIAN S. MORTON-HICKS

Hop-a-Long GREGORY THACKER

Ice Cream Man }

El Bingo } TONY HAYMAN

Pier Ginian }

Frank Mills PAT MURPHY

Alien Corn -

Colonel BRIAN PIKE

Visitor GREGORY THACKER

The Good - Bad and the Ugly

The Go-Go Dancers

Mellow Drama -

Nero TERRY STREET

Heroine JUDITH HORLER

Villain TONY HAYMAN

Windmills of Your Mind The Company

The Window -

Woman NINA REES

Man RON OTHEN

Paradise Nature Camp BRIAN S. MORTON-HICKS

My Town DAVID HEMMING

On the Beach The Go-GoDancers

Consultation -

Doctor HADYN DURANT

Patient RON MOTHEN

Ever Forward Ratepayers Chorus

Hi-Fi GREGORY THACKER, GILLIAN RAINES

Underground Milk Wood -

Announcer HADYN DURANT

Spy GREGORY THACKER

'L' RON OTHEN

Woman JOAN FISHER

Restaurant BRIAN PIKE, TONY HAYMAN

Points West NAN HESS, HAYDN DURANT

The Blondie Sisters (Speciality Balloon act)

WILFRED E. ROE, ERIC WILKINSON,

BILL CLOUT

Culture Corner LILIAN BAILEY, OLIVE PARSONS, PHYLLIS ?

Time for Parting The Company

PRODUCTION

Director BILL CLOUT

Producers JOAN TOWNSEND

and RAY EDBROOKE

Stage Director COLIN LOVE

Stage Managers DERRICK LANE

and JOHN HORLER

Lighting and Sound PETE MAGOR

Choreography JUDYTHE ALEXANDER

and DENISE WILDE

Wardrobe and Costumes TERESINHA MORTON-HICKS

Scenery Constructed and Painted by

Society Members

Business Manager MARY HUGHES

Revue Secretary ANNE PIKE

Music NIGEL HESS

and MARTIN WHEELER

Make-up Advisor GINA MERRETT SMITH

Smocks (for Glump Dance) COATES, GAYMERS & WHITEWAYS LTD.

Motor Cycle (in "Frank Mills")

WYVERNS LTD.

Telephones Courtesy of the G.P.O.

Posters (in "My Town") Courtesy of the Borough Council

Publicity Department

Posters (in "Saleswomanship")

KEITH PROWSE LTD.

THE FULL COMPANY

RACHEL ALFORD, JOHN ANDOW, LILIAN BAILEY, STEVEN BOLEY, JOHN BUTLER, HILARY CLOUT, CATHERINE COOKSON, JACKIE CROSTON,

MAUREEN DARKE, HAYDN DURANT, JOAN FISHER, TONY HAYMAN, DAVID HEMMING, NAN HESS,

JUDITH HORLER, MARGARET HORLER,

PAMELA LINHAM, BRIAN S. MORETON HICKS, TERESINHA MORETON-HICKS, PAT MURPHY,

RON OTHEN, NICOLA PARKER, OLIVE PARSONS,

SUE PHILLIPS, BRIAN PIKE, GILLIAN RAINES,

NINA REES, BOBBIE ROBERTSON,

WILFRED E. ROE, TERRY STREET, JOYCE TAPLEY, GREGORY THACKER, DIANA TURNER, PAUL WHITE, ELIZABETH WILKINSON, ERIC WILKINSON,

JOY WILKINSON, PHYLLIS ?

THE GO-GO DANCERS

RACHEL ALFORD, SALLY ANDREWS, LINDA GULLICK, DAWN LUCAS, WENDY NORMAN, ANNE RATTUE, AILEEN ROBERTSON, LESLEY STANTON,

HELEN STEVENSON, JENNIFER YARD