{"id":437,"date":"2015-01-24T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cpwp.comptonplayers.co.uk\/?page_id=437"},"modified":"2015-02-16T11:29:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T11:29:08","slug":"quiet-weekend","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comptonplayers.co.uk\/comptonplayers-c\/?page_id=437","title":{"rendered":"Quiet Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Esther McCracken<\/span><\/p>\n

6th – 7th March 1951<\/h2>\n

A family try to relax during a weekend holiday in the country but are constantly irritated by the unpleasant friend of their eldest son.<\/p>\n

\"Quiet<\/a>
\nBack Row L:R Geoffrey Smith, Elsie Thomas, H J Johns, Shirley Samuels, Alec Walton, David Dall, Iza Dolan, Peter Monger, Colin Pearse, Florence Maskell
\nSeated L:R Joyce Webb, Gladys Johns, Edith Hill, Janet Pearse<\/p>\n

\n

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

Sam Pecker: Colin Pearse
\nMary Jarrow: Edith Hill
\nMiranda Bute: Janet Pearse
\nSally Spender: Shirley Samuels
\nMildred Royd: Gladys Johns
\nArthur Royd: Alec (Andy?) Walton
\nBella Hitchens: Florence Maskell
\nMarcia Brent: Joyce Wells
\nAdrian Barasford: David Dall
\nJim Brent: Geoffrey Smith
\nElla Spender: Elsie Thomas
\nDenys Royd: Peter Monger
\nRowena Marriott: Isa Dolan<\/p>\n

Produced by Mr H J Johns<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Newbury Weekly News review<\/h3>\n
Compton players, presenting Quiet Weekend<\/strong> by Esther McCracken on Tuesday and Wednesday last week in the Village Hall, had large and appreciative audiences. Staging difficulties were commendably overcome and the liveliness and speed of action were well maintained. The week-end cottage owners, Mr and Mrs Royd, were played with assurance by Alec Walton and Gladys Johns. Their near neighbour, Adrian Barasord, J.P., a diffident, middle-aged bachelor involved in a discreditable poaching incident, was most entertainingly portrayed by David Dall. The lady of his affections, Mary Jarrow, was quietly and effectively characterised by Edith Hill.<\/p>\n

The parts of Jim and Marcia Brent, the son-in-law and daughter of the Royds, with their golfing and holiday differences, were nicely sustained by Geoffrey Smith and Joyce Wells. The garrulous village concert organiser, Ella Spender, was played by Elsie Thomas. Worthy of particular notice were Janet Pearse and Peter Monger, who sincerely portrayed the tender love between Miranda Bute and Denys Royd; a love temporarily overshadowed by the blandishments of Rowena Marriott, suavely expressed by Isa Dolan. Minor parts were completely filled by Colin Pearse, as Sam Pecker, the handyman; Shirley Samuels, as Sally Spender, a tom-boy schoolgirl, and Florence Maskell as the family servant.<\/p>\n

The play was produced by Mr H J Johns. The Players earn commendation for the high quality of the material they put before their public and the general excellence of their productions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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