{"id":433,"date":"2015-01-24T17:59:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T17:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cpwp.comptonplayers.co.uk\/?page_id=433"},"modified":"2015-02-21T12:07:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T12:07:30","slug":"third-time-lucky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/?page_id=433","title":{"rendered":"Third Time Lucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"author\">by Arnold Ridley<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>4th &#8211; 5th March 1954<\/h2>\n<p>A young country vicar is spurred into action to protect his young ward, when she is blackmailed.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-433 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TTL-Prog-21.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TTL-Prog-21-713x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TTL-Prog-21-713x1024.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TTL-Prog-21-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TTL-Prog-21-620x891.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TTL-Prog-21.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Third-Time-Lucky-prog1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Third-Time-Lucky-prog1-816x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Third-Time-Lucky-prog1-816x1024.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Third-Time-Lucky-prog1-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Third-Time-Lucky-prog1-620x778.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Third-Time-Lucky-prog1.jpg 956w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Cast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mrs Clutterbuck: G I Johns<br \/>\nThe Rev Arthur Fear: E Golby<br \/>\nMrs Scratton: A Head<br \/>\nVincent: R Arnold<br \/>\nJennifer Elling: E Anderson<br \/>\n\u201cCaptain\u201d Crowther: D Owen<br \/>\nGregg: F Meakins<br \/>\nStanley Crofts: R Anderson<br \/>\nWilliam Meggitt: J Eacott<br \/>\nMrs Gordon Startwright: I Dolan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Produced by H J Johns<\/p>\n<h3>Newbury Weekly News review<\/h3>\n<div class=\"review\">Proceeds from two evening performances of <strong>Third Time Lucky<\/strong>, a comedy by Arnold Ridley, given by Compton Players, were devoted to Compton Coronation Hall building fund.<\/p>\n<p>The play drew enthusiastic audiences to the Village Hall and they fully appreciated the rich humour in the situation of a quiet rural vicar, skilfully portrayed by Ernest Golby, becoming involved in safe \u2013breaking with the aid of a professional burglar. A newcomer to the Players, John Eacott, entered fully into the latter character, and later dressed as Archdeacon Chipping, was superbly funny. The part of vicar\u2019s ward, Jennifer, whose indiscretions were the cause of the extraordinary situations, was in the experienced hands of Eileen Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Owen, as the gentleman blackmailer, Crowther, was suavely perfect. His pawn, Crofts, to whom Jennifer had impetuously become engaged, was effectively portrayed by Ronald Anderson. The rector of Stoke Fernie had been cosseted since a baby by his present housekeeper, Mrs Clutterbuck, played with complete assurance by Gladys Johns. Although not appearing until the third act, Mrs Gordon Startwright, a devoted Church worker, had magnificent opportunities for farcical situations, and these were artfully exploited by Iza Dolan.<\/p>\n<p>The smaller parts, important to the development of the plot were well interpreted by Ann Head as the loquacious Mrs Scratton, Robert Arnold as her son, a floundering hobbledehoy, and Frank Meakins as Gregg, manservant to \u201cCaptain\u201d Crowther.<\/p>\n<p>The play was produced by Mr H J Johns, with the assistance in stage sets of Messrs W J Hayward and Peter Monger.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Arnold Ridley 4th &#8211; 5th March 1954 A young country vicar is spurred into action to protect his young ward, when she is blackmailed. The Cast Mrs Clutterbuck: G I Johns The Rev Arthur Fear: E Golby Mrs Scratton: A Head Vincent: R Arnold Jennifer Elling: E Anderson \u201cCaptain\u201d Crowther: D Owen Gregg: F [&hellip;]<\/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\/433"}],"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=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4808,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433\/revisions\/4808"}],"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=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}