By Paul Zindel
Directed by Brian Deavoll
Season: 13 - 27 November 1971 (season extended due to popular demand)
Supporting herself and her two daughters by taking in a decrepit old boarder, acid-tongued Beatrice Hunsdorfer wreaks a petty vengeance on everyone around her. Her older daughter, Ruth, is a pretty but highly strung girl subject to convulsions, while her younger girl, Tillie, plain and almost pathologically shy, demonstrates an intuitive gift for science. Encouraged by her teacher, Tillie conducts a botanical experiment, winning a prize at her high school. Proud but jealous, too filled with her own hurt to accept her daughter's success, Beatrice can only maim when she needs to love and deride when she intends to praise. Yet, as Tillie's experiment proves, something beautiful and full of promise can emerge from even the most barren, afflicted soil.
Cast:
Beatrice - Daphne Milburn
Ruth - Islay McLeod
Tilly - Kay Farmer
Nanny - Linely Holland
Janice Vickery - Carolyn Burns
Directed by Brian Deavoll
Season: 13 - 27 November 1971 (season extended due to popular demand)
Supporting herself and her two daughters by taking in a decrepit old boarder, acid-tongued Beatrice Hunsdorfer wreaks a petty vengeance on everyone around her. Her older daughter, Ruth, is a pretty but highly strung girl subject to convulsions, while her younger girl, Tillie, plain and almost pathologically shy, demonstrates an intuitive gift for science. Encouraged by her teacher, Tillie conducts a botanical experiment, winning a prize at her high school. Proud but jealous, too filled with her own hurt to accept her daughter's success, Beatrice can only maim when she needs to love and deride when she intends to praise. Yet, as Tillie's experiment proves, something beautiful and full of promise can emerge from even the most barren, afflicted soil.
Cast:
Beatrice - Daphne Milburn
Ruth - Islay McLeod
Tilly - Kay Farmer
Nanny - Linely Holland
Janice Vickery - Carolyn Burns