SEPARATE TABLES by Terence Rattigan
1st-3rd April 1982 - Crowthorne Parish Hall
Separate Tables is the collective name of two one-act plays, set in the Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth.
"Table by the Window" focuses on the troubled relationship between a disgraced Labour politician and his ex-wife.
"Table Number Seven" is set about eighteen months after the events of the previous play, and deals with the touching friendship between a repressed spinster and a retired English army officer, Major Pollock. The secondary characters - permanent residents, the hotel's manager, and members of the staff - appear in both plays.
Cast
Table By The Window
| Mabel |
Avice McLean |
| Lady Matheson |
Miriam Smith |
| Mrs Railton-Bell |
Joyce Earney |
| Miss Meacham |
Ann Peters |
| Doreen |
Nicola Paine |
| Mr Fowler |
Martin Parsons |
| Mrs Shankland |
Gaynor Jefferson |
| Miss Cooper |
Anne Paine |
| Mr Malcolm |
Simeon Pickford |
| Mr Stratton |
Hugh Fleming |
| Miss Tanner |
Sara Ely |
Table Number Seven
| Mrs Stratton |
Sara Ely |
| Mr Stratton |
Hugh Fleming |
| Major Pollock |
John Townsend |
| Mr Fowler |
Martin Parsons |
| Miss Cooper |
Anne Paine |
| Mrs Railton-Bell |
Joyce Earney |
| Miss Railton-Bell |
Marina Brain |
| Lady Matheson |
Miriam Smith |
| Miss Meacham |
Ann Peters |
| Mabel |
Avice McLean |
| Doreen |
Nicola Paine |
Crew
| Director |
Marina Brain |
| Producer |
Josie Gibbs |
| Stage manager |
Tony Bennett |
| Assistant stage manager |
Michael Smith |
| Lighting |
Andrew Paine |
| Props |
Josie Gibbs & Jacquie Hallett |
| Costumes |
Sally Newberry & Jacquie Hallett |
| Prompt |
Pat Gillman |
| Make up |
Marina Brain |
| Front of House |
Ray Brown & Molly Newman |
| Box office |
Joyce Earney |
| Refreshments |
Margaret Morgan |
| Publicity |
Josie Gibbs & Pat Gillman |
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