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by Larry Shue<\/span><\/p>\n

24th – 26th April 1997<\/h2>\n

Pretending to speak no English at a remote fishing lodge holiday leads to problems with the Klu Klux Klan…<\/p>\n

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

S\/Sgt \u201cFroggy\u201d LeSeur: H Connolly
\nCharlie Baker: Nick Roberts
\nBetty Meeks: Elizabeth Saxton
\nRev. David Marshall Lee: Mark Bailey
\nCatherine Simms: Eileen MaCarthy
\nOwen Musser: Paul Shave
\nEllard Simms: Scott Hulme
\nTownspeople: Members of the Company<\/p>\n

Produced by Enid Farr, assisted by Marianne Smith<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Newbury Weekly News review<\/h3>\n
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Hilarious comedy was a jubilee riot<\/h2>\n

The Compton Players\u2019 performance of The Foreigner<\/strong> wasn\u2019t just good; it wasn\u2019t even plain great; it was nothing short of absolutely brilliant. It had power and panache. The acting was great, the set was great and the packed audience who loved it was great.<\/p>\n

You will forgive me if I don\u2019t explain the details of the plot to you; I became so engrossed and rolled about laughing so much that I kept forgetting to take notes.<\/p>\n

Set in modern times at a fishing lodge in Georgia, USA, Froggy attempts to help his shy friend Charlie who is due to stay at the lodge for a few days. He tells the locals that Charlie is unable to speak or understand English. And being convinced he doesn\u2019t understand them (\u201cNobody can keep a secret like Charlie can,\u201d says Catherine) the locals unwittingly allow him to become privy to all their intrigue and dastardly plots against each other. With this privileged knowledge Charlie eventually becomes the hero, stopping the Rev. David trying to marry purely for money and stopping the Klu Klux Klan dead in its tracks.<\/p>\n

It would be very difficult and very unfair to single out any particular actor as being the best; frankly they were all extremely good. The Compton Players must have worked very hard to have produced such a product as good as this which celebrates their Golden Jubilee from 1947 \u2013 1997.<\/p>\n

The Foreigner<\/strong> is a play by Larry Shue and starred Nicholas Lyndhurst in its West End production.<\/p>\n

JANE HANSON<\/p>\n<\/div>\n