Taunton Thespians - Dear Octopus 1952

Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith

Corfield Hall, Taunton, 14th and 16th February, 1952.
Cast
Charles Randolph Sydney Mearing
Dora Randolph Betty Goulding
Hilda Randolph Elisabeth Taylor
Margery Harvey Gwen Wilkins
Cynthia Randolph Vera Rich
Nicholas Randolph Alex Yandall
Hugh Randolph Peter Stileman
Gwen (Flouncy) Harvey Pamela Hewitt (Thurs)
Felicity Peel Corbin (Sat)
William (Bill) Harvey Geoffrey Cole (Thurs)
John Cook (Sat)
Kathleen (Scrap) Kenton Zina Vickery (Thurs)
Joyce Goslin (Sat)
Belle Schlessinger Linda Yarnold
Edna Randolph (Hugh’s mother) Madge Hewitt
Laura Randolph (Hugh’s wife) Jean South
Kenneth Harvey (Margery’s husband) Austin Willoughby
Grace Fenning (Dora’s companion) Joan Gaskell
Nanny Patching (a Nurse) Margaret Livingston
Gertrude (a Parlourmaid) Ann Stileman
Backstage
Produced by Harry Fry
Stage Manager Beatrice Darby
Stage Carpenter Jimmy Wells
Wardrobe Phyllis Peel Corbin and Eve Taylor
Properties Kathleen Marfell and Rosemary Buller
Scenery Arthur Newton
Lighting Roy Brewer
Sound Effects Betty Mole and Jill Drowley
Stage Staff Chas Adams, Peter Coombs, Len Hewitt, John Lock, Eddie Pain, May Young and Janet Wilkins
The Scenery painted by Fred Cridlin, Vera Payne, Laura Steel, Dione Willoughby, Flossie Woodman and Len Woodman