By Common Consent
By Paul Thompson
Harrow Arts Centre
26 - 28 April 1979
| Cast | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oslaf | … | Pete Barker |
| Widia | … | Jim Holden |
| Guthlac | … | Alastair S. Allen |
| Finn | … | Mark strong |
| Eadwacer | … | Paul Moran |
| Frederick | … | Alan Wise |
| Wulf | … | Jeremy Watkiss |
| Widsith | … | Leslie Barnes |
| Girl Zone Leader | … | Sheila Nicoll |
| Elene | … | Liz Dell |
| Hildeburgh | … | Kathryn Bravey |
| Zone Leader Thryth | … | Sue James |
| Beaochild | … | Marian Elder |
| Wudga | … | Pete Harris |
| Sigeneow | … | Wendy Speilman |
| Secca | … | John Callanan |
| Theoderic | … | Deborah Rubin |
| Eoin | … | Mark Dixon |
| Official | … | Jackie Beaumont |
| Clerk | … | Paul Davis |
| Tea-Lady | … | Nadine Baldwin |
| Farmer | … | David Barker |
| Fisherman | … | Andrew Penny |
| Priest | … | John Callanan |
| Seumas | … | Andrew Penny |
| Woman | … | Sue James |
| Gregor | … | Howard Newmark |
| Shona | … | Diptl Patel |
| Tearlach | … | Hannah Lubich |
| Railway Workers | … | Pete Harris & Nadine Baldwin |
| Boys & Girls of the League of Youth, Road Workers, Farm labourers etc | … | Joseph Papworth, Pete Harris, Howard Newmark, Steve Brown, Pat Walker, Jo Weinburg, Karen Evangeli, Wendy Speilman, Hannah Lubich, Diptl Patel, John Callanan, David Barker & Alison |
| CREW | ||
|---|---|---|
| Directed by | … | Michael Williams |
| Production Manager | … | Paul Moran |
| Lighting | … | Dave Smart |
| Sound | … | Paul Chaventre |
| Assisted by | … | Andrew Nicoll |
| Production Team | … | Ian Pearson, Matthew Edwards, Tony Briggs, Catherine Garrett & Anthony Cryer |
| Properties | … | Pete Harris |
| Costumes | … | Jackie Beaumont & Pete Barker |
| Front of House | … | Susan Longdon |
| Box Office | … | Anne Elder |
| Musicians | … | Mark Dixon, Paul Davis & Jo Weinburg |
| All songs by | … | Robert Campbell |
| - except for - The Girls Song & Theoderic & Eoin’s Song | … | Paul Davis |
| Soundtrack recorded by | … | Paul Chaventre |
SummaryPaul Thompson’s celebrated play for The National Youth Theatre, By Common Consent is set in an unnamed country sometime in the future where a League of Youth has been established as keepers of law and order to restore moral and political order. But the system has gone beyond the volountary. No-one outside the League of Youth can hope to get a university place, a house or a good job. Within the League a stern group ethic and iron discipline plus a total rejection of individuality are the tools being used to rebuild society after the great Economic Collapse. But when Zone 8 are chosen to officiate at a public execution—“in order to get unity and moderation, one must execute extremists”—the discipline cracks; and the boys of City Zone 8 are in disgrace when four of their members desert to join the ‘terrorists’ in the North. Anything sound familiar ??! | ||
