| By Sir Arthur Wing Pinero Directed by Alex Henderson Season: 25 - 28 May 1966 The zany, lively, and irresistible world of the London stage in 1860s, as theatre began to transition from Victorian melodrama to modern naturalism. Rose Trelawny, the star ingenue at the Bagnigge-Wells Theatre, is leaving the stage to marry her sweetheart, the young gentleman Arthur Gower. Arthur’s conservative family, led by his staunchly traditional grandfather, Sir William, object to Arthur’s marriage to an actress 一 they find Rose irrevocably raucous and wild, whereas she objects to being confined to their stuffy, strict upper-class code of conduct. Rose may never be able to abandon her art and her lifestyle in order to please the family of the man she loves; if she returns to the stage, though, she may never be able to perform with a broken heart. Cast: James Telfer - Brian Deavoll Augustus Colpoys - Peter Brown Ferdinand Gadd - Jack Baird Tom Wrench - John Milligan Mrs Telfer - Taura Henderson Avonia Bunn - Glennis Paine Rose Trelawny - Helen Browning Imogen Parrott - Sue Ryan O'Dwyer - James Erikson Mr Denzil - Ronald Palmer Mr Mortimer - Peter Ormsby Mr Hunston - Peter Livesly Miss Brewster - Faye Hewson Hall-keeper at the Pantheon Theatre - Ronald Hawkins Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower - Alex Aitchison Arthur Gower - Michael Lynch Clara de Foenix - Shirley Low Miss Trafalgar Gower - Betty King Captain de Foenix - Kevin Beaumont Mrs Mossop - Shirlye Rushton Mr Ablett - Graham Loader Charles - Douglas Finch Sarah - Elizabeth Reed |  |
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