{"id":223,"date":"2015-01-24T16:55:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T16:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cpwp.comptonplayers.co.uk\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2015-02-19T12:23:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T12:23:55","slug":"bill-bob-by-h-connolly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/?page_id=223","title":{"rendered":"Three One-Act Plays (2003)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill and Bob<\/strong> by H Connolly
\nGreen Favours<\/strong> by Frank Vickery
\nPyramus and Thisbe<\/strong> by William Shakespeare<\/span><\/p>\n

29th April – 3rd May 2003<\/h2>\n

Bill and Bob<\/strong>
\nThe private life of two fork lift drivers is revealed as they exchange jokes.<\/p>\n

Green Favours<\/strong>
\nA romantic comedy set in a potting shed\u2026<\/p>\n

Pyramus and Thisbe<\/strong>
\nThe famous \u2018play within a play\u2019 excerpt from A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The Casts <\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill and Bob<\/strong>
\nBob: Mike Long
\nBill: Dave Hawkins
\nMaureen: Mary Warrington
\nJane: Tracey Pearce<\/p>\n

Produced by H Connolly<\/p>\n

Green Favours<\/strong>
\nTom: Mark Bailey
\nValerie : Brenda Prior<\/p>\n

Produced by Tracey Pearce<\/p>\n

Pyramus and Thisbe<\/strong>
\nTheseus Duke of Athens: Ian Hickling
\nHippolyta, his Duchess: Enid Farr
\nPhilostrate, master of the Revels: Paul Shave
\nQuince, as Prologue: Eric Saxton
\nBottom, as Pyramus: Nick Roberts
\nFlute, as Thisbe: Jasmine Gartshore
\nSnout, as Wall: Faye McGeehin
\nStarveling, as Moonshine: Peter Whitworth
\nSnug, as Lion: Michael Sheperia<\/p>\n

Produced by Eric Saxton<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Newbury Weekly News review<\/h3>\n
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Three times the fun<\/h2>\n

Compton Players chose three very diverse one act plays for their Spring production. The first, Bill and Bob<\/strong>, written and directed by H Connolly, a member of the Players, was a study of two couples\u2019 relationships.
\nWell written, funny and dramatic, it explored complex themes within the couples lives. Art reflects life they say, and sometimes the dialogue was explicit, but the actors equipped themselves well and were well rehearsed. Tom (Mike Long), Bill (Dave Hawkins), Maureen (Mary Warrington), Jane (Tracey Pearce) and H Connolly are to be congratulated on engaging and effective piece of original theatre.<\/p>\n

The second act brought us Green Favours<\/strong> by Frank Vickery, a two hander, with Mark Bailey and Brenda Prior as Tom and Valerie, brought together in the unlikely setting of an allotment shed. Tom has persuaded the gardening club to accept Valerie as its first femail member. Tom has left his wife, however, and has more than gardening on his mind. In the charged atmosphere of a thunderstorm, complete with a rain lashed window, the characters work through their mutual attraction to a ‘what the hell’ final clinch. With a super set and effects, the actors portrayed their roles well under the direction of Tracey Pearce.<\/p>\n

In total contrast, the final play was Pyramus and Thisbe<\/strong>, an extract from A Midsummer NIght’s Dream<\/strong> by William Shakespeare. It was a delightful cosutmed piece, directed by Eric Saxton, in which The Court were entertained by the players in a highly humorous version of Pyramus and Thisbe. The Court was Ian Hickling and Enid Farr as a commanding Theseus and Hippolyta and Paul Shave as Philostrate. The players were Eric Saxton as the rustic Prologue, Nick Roberts as the hammy Pyramus, Jasmine Gartshore as Thisbe, Faye McGeehin as Wall, Peter Whitworth as Moonshine and Michael Sheperia as Lion.<\/p>\n

The evening lived up to its title of an Entertainment Triple Bill, and all three plays were well received by the Compton audience.<\/p>\n

TREVOR DOBSON\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Dave Hawkins’ cartoon for Green Favours<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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