Southampton Common
on11th and 12th July 1969
Our Nuffield show - "Hamlet" - was on at the same time as Southampton Show, so several members had to make the quick dash from the Common to the Nuffield on the Friday and Saturday!
Performances | ||
Friday | Saturday | |
Journey to the Top of the Mountain | 1.00 | 12.00 |
The Undoing of Falstaff | 2.00 | 1.00 |
Ah! Cruel Fate | 3.00 | 2.00 |
Journey to the Top of the Mountain | 3.30 | 2.30 |
Fight Display | 4.00 | 3.00 |
The Undoing of Falstaff | 5.00 | 4.00 |
Fight Display | 5.30 | 4.30 |
Ah! Cruel Fate | 6.00 | 5.00 |
An Improvised Play for Young Children
The play has been devised with the prime motive of encouraging the audience, children aged 3 to 10 years, to participate in the action, so providing a basis for a creative entertainment in which children are actively involved.
Cast |
Phillip Henbest |
John Lelliott |
Brian Stansbridge |
Peter White |
Sandy Crook |
Barbara Pollard |
An Excerpt from Shakespeare's Henry IV
Falstaff, although fooled by Hal, manages to have the last laugh.
Cast | |
Hostess | Libby Cleaver |
Doll | Barbara Pollard |
Bardolph | Mike Shailer |
Peto | John Lelliott |
Poins | Graham Buchanan |
Hal | John Carrington |
Falstaff | Ken Spencer |
Scene 1 A Tavern
Scene 2 Gadshill Forest
Scene 3 A Tavern
A Roman Army lays siege to a fortified town and receives its surrender after a challenge to single combat.
Directed by Adrian Vinson
Properties designed by Barbara Pollard
Combatants: |
John Arthur |
John Carrington |
Phillip Henbest |
Ian Hutchings |
Ray Lacey |
John Lelliott |
Jim Oliver |
Trevor Powell |
Brian Stansbridge |
A Victorian Melodrama
A story of Love, Hate, Lust and Desire.
All the things, in fact, that make life worth living.
Cast: |
Phillip Henbest |
Ray Lacey |
Joanna Ewins |
Jane McWilliams |
Trevor Powell |
Brian Stansbridge |
Sandy Crook |
Allison Mace |
Ian Hutchings |
Peter White |
Early Southampton Show photos - not sure which years
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