The Critic
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
St Alban’s Church Hall, North Harrow
3 & 4 March 1967
| CAST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mistress Rosalind Fitz-Patrick | … | Rosemary Hippsley |
| Mr. Dangle, a critic | … | Gordon Cochran |
| Mrs. Dangle, his wife | … | Susan Lock |
| Perkins, their maid | … | Eileen Houlihan |
| Mr. Sneer, Dangle’s friend | … | Neil Saunders |
| Sir Fretful Plagiary, a playwright | … | Andrew Kitchen |
| Mr. Puff, playwright and producer | … | Martin Wallace |
| Mistress Hopkins, the under-prompter | … | Janet Gwyn |
| Scenemen | … | Tony Humphries & Dino Stavrides* |
| Characters in The Spanish Armada | ||
| Sentinels | … | Jackie Fryer & Philippa Kitchen |
| Sir Christopher Hatton | … | Trevor Kingham |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | … | Andrew Kitchen |
| Earl of Leicester, C-in-C | … | Ceris Challenger |
| Governor of Tilbury Fort and father to Tilburina | … | Ian Worsfold |
| Master of the Horse | … | Susan Hope |
| Tilburina | … | Julia Fryer |
| Confidante, attendant to Tilburina | … | Margaret Tweedy |
| Don Ferolo Whiskerandos, son to the Spanish Admiral; in love with Tilburina, and prisoner in Tilbury Fort | … | John Bradley |
| Justice of the Peace | … | Andrea Begg |
| Constable | … | Stella Davis |
| Clerk | … | Claire Rumble |
| Justice’s wife | … | Mary Goodes |
| Tom Jenkins, supposedly an orphan, really son of Justice, nephew to Constable etc. etc. | … | Patricia Bradley |
| Court Officials | … | Eileen Houlihan, Jackie Fryer, Heather Pearson, Julie Michael, Philippa Kitchen & Linda McMahon |
| Beefeater, a mysterious Yeoman, in love etc. | … | Robert Baker** |
| Lord Burleigh | … | Susan Pressman |
| Ellena, niece to Raleigh | … | Jean Abbott |
| Pollina, niece to Hatton | … | Linda Bradley |
| Characters in The Pageant | ||
| River Thames | … | Clive Saunders |
| His Two Banks | … | Julie Michael & Linda McMahon |
| Nelson | … | Claire Rumble |
| Neptune | … | Stella Davis |
| Thetis | … | Alison Sandell |
| Britannia | … | Rod Baker |
| Flag Bearers | … | Rosemary Hippsley & Susan Pressman |
| The Rivers | … | Dino Stavrides, Andrea Begg, Susan Hope,Jackie Fryer, Tony Humphries, Philippa Kitchen, Patricia Bradley, Heather Pearson, Eileen Houlihan, Mary Goodes… etc |
| * For practical reasons, the two Scenemen were actually played by Dave Maskell and John Thurley ** Due to the sudden indisposition of Robert Baker, the role of the Beefeater was taken by Ian Wallace. | ||
