Move Over Mrs Markham by Ray Cooney & John Chapman
Corfield Hall, Taunton 25th – 29th January 1977| Cast | |
| Joanna Markham | Barbara Viant |
| Alistair Spenlow | John Reynolds |
| Sylvie | Nila Snazell |
| Linda Lodge | Helen Swaffer |
| Philip Markham | Stuart Symonds |
| Henry Lodge | Eric Coombes |
| Walter Pangbourne | Ray Stokes |
| Olive Harriet Smythe | Eileen Agrell |
| Miss Wilkinson | Avril Ross |
| Backstage | |
| Directed by | Pat Dawson |
| Setting by | John Howe |
| Lighting by | Ian Marfell & Martyn Trott |
| Stage Manager | Peter Ross |
| Wardrobe | Eileen Emmett |
| Properties | Jane Barrett & Sue Parsons |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Betty Holmes |
| Calls | Philippa MaLean |
| Front of House or Acknowledgments | |
| Coffe will be served in the Balcony Room by | Betty Lea & Marjorie Balman |
| House Managers | Fred Woodroffe & John Cowen |
| Box-Office | Edward Goldsmith |
| Programmes | Janice Marfell |
| Furniture kindly lent by | Colliers Furnishers, 1 Bridge Street, Taunton |
| Telephone lent by | The Post Office |
| Door Bell Chimes kindly lent by | Hamlyns Music Shop, Bridge Street, Taunton |
End of an Era
With the fall of the curtain on Saturday night, the long association
of the Taunton Thespians with the Corfield Hall comes to an end.
For over twenty-five years the Society has enjoyed the co-operation
afforded by the St Mary’s Hall Committee, and more particularly
by the Vicar, Rev. Desmond Morey. There has been a refreshing
absence of petty restrictions imposed in some other venues, and requests
were always sympathetically considered. There have been
new stage curtains and improved seating, to the cost of which the
Society made a modest contribution as a parting gift. There
will be on Saturday, moments of nostalgia, thanks for the past and
best wishes for the continuance of the service which the Corfield
Hall has given to the community.
A New Era
And so to a new venue, the new Taunton Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre to be opened
at the end of March. The Thespians will be
among the first occupants since their next production “The
School for Scandal” will be presented there from 9th – 13th
May. The move to this attractive new home with its modern
amenities for both actors and audience comes at an appropriate time;
for the Society is now entering on the 50th year of its existence.