{"id":281,"date":"2015-01-24T17:19:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T17:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cpwp.comptonplayers.co.uk\/?page_id=281"},"modified":"2015-02-20T17:46:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T17:46:32","slug":"the-further-adventures-of-the-sorcerers-apprentice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/?page_id=281","title":{"rendered":"The Further Adventures of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dave Hawkins (and the Compton Players)<\/span><\/p>\n

30th January – 1st February 1992<\/h2>\n

King Egbert needs rescuing, but can Queen Angelina and her daughter Princess Ellie foil Lady Avarice and release him from her clutches?<\/p>\n

\"Sorcerer<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

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

King Egbert: Robertson Bell
\nTroll: Dave Hawkins
\nSir Hugo, the Queen\u2019s Jockey: Paul Shave
\nMagus, a Sorcerer: Ian Hickling
\nOsric, the Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice: Mark Bailey
\nBroom: H Connolly
\nPrincess Ellie: Tracey Brett
\nGriselda, a good witch: Caroline Cook
\nQueen Angelina: Enid Farr
\nSir Portly, the Queen\u2019s Champion: Mike Long
\nLady Avarice, the King\u2019s cousin: Brenda Prior
\nDuke Weevil, Avarice\u2019s husband: Paul Plested
\nHortense, and old woman: Mary Warrington<\/p>\n

Directed by Nicky Burton Produced by Paul Shave\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Newbury Weekly News review<\/h3>\n
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Sorcerer’s Apprentice enjoyable<\/h2>\n

Packed houses enjoyed Compton Players\u2019 pantomime \u2018The Further Adventures of the Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice\u2019 last week.<\/p>\n

The play was written by Dave Hawkins and diected by Nicky Burton. The plot revolved around the attempts of the Queen (Enid Farr), and the Princess (Tracey Brett), to rescue the absent-minded King (Robertson Bell), from the clutches of the Lady Avarice (Brenda Prior) and Duke Weevil, her insect-loving husband, played by a newcomer to the players, Paul Plested.<\/p>\n

They were assisted by the somewhat inept and inebriated sorcerer Magus (Ian Hickling), the good witch Griselda (Caroline Cook), an unlikely tooth fairy (Mary Warrington), and an unsuccessful jockey (Paul Shave). The part of the sorcerer\u2019s apprentice, who, predictably fell in love with the Princess gave Mark Bailey an opportunity to make a splendid debut with the players.<\/p>\n

There were some very funny moments when Mike Long as Sir Portly, the Queen\u2019s Champion, resplendent in shining armour, found that his joints had seized, leaving him in an awkward predicament. It was impossible to remain straight-faced at the appearance of H Connolly as the apprentice\u2019s clever magic broom and lady Avarice\u2019s endearing but dim-witted green troll played by Dave Hawkins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Dave Hawkins (and the Compton Players) 30th January – 1st February 1992 King Egbert needs rescuing, but can Queen Angelina and her daughter Princess Ellie foil Lady Avarice and release him from her clutches? The Cast King Egbert: Robertson Bell Troll: Dave Hawkins Sir Hugo, the Queen\u2019s Jockey: Paul Shave Magus, a Sorcerer: Ian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4607,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281\/revisions\/4607"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}