Productions - 2005

“The Cocktail Party”

by T S Eliot.

The Cocktail Party was premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 1949, with a prestigious cast, including Alec Guiness. It was Eliot’s third foray into the theatre, after the acclaim of “Murder in the Cathedral” and “Family Reunion”.

Eliot described the play as a comedy, and indeed it contains a lot of humour, but this is underlaid with some serious themes imposing questions of marriage, heartbreak, and direction in life. The play is beautifully written in a literary style and depth that can only be Eliot’s own.

Production dates:Thursday 23^rd to Saturday 25^th June 2005.

Picture of the cast

An evening of 3 One-Act Plays

We put on an evening of three One-Act plays from Thursday 31^st March to Saturday 2^nd April 2005, at 7:30 pm.
The plays were as follows:

Our Man by Daniel Clucas is the story of a soldier's day, told from the perspective of the individual senses inside his head. As he wakes, receives his orders and goes into battle, the conflict between the real world and his own tired and confused mind is humorously portrayed by the interaction between Nose, Ears, Mouth and Eyes, linked by Phones and overseen by their leader, Sir, who can never quite achieve the high standards he sets them all.
The Skip by Mary Rensten. Muriel and Olga run a small antique shop, gleaning odds and ends, (and maybe valuable items) from skips. Likewise, the two bag ladies, Jessie and Alice,also make a living doing “their” skips.
From Here To The Library by Jimmie Chinn. Beryl lives with her dad. Her boss, Mr Costilow, has come to visit her at home to find out when she will return to work at the library.

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