DEAR CHARLES
DEAR CHARLES
Directed by: Keith Jefferies
Genre: Comedy
Group: BHTC
Staged: Oakmeads School, Burgess Hill
Synopsis:
Set in Paris in the Spring, the play concerns Denise, a charming lady novelist living alone with her three delightful children.
The only sign of a father is the portrait of “Dear Charles” displayed in a place of honour, but then the arrival of an Englishman, a Frenchman and a Polishman from Denise’s past, starts providing rich comic opportunities...
BHTC NOTES: After a fire ruined the stage and dressing room areas of the Park Centre in December 1967, Oakmeads School kindly offered their stage facilities so larger productions could still be produced by the club, whilst all necessary repairs were made.
Playwright: Alan Melville
Production Date: June 1968
PLAYWRIGHT: Alan Melville was a playwright, revue author and lyricist well-known in the forties and fifties. As well as writing a number of long running plays, he also wrote lyrics for Arthur Askey in the musical 'Bet Your Life' and collaborated with Ivor Novello on his last show 'Gay's The Word'. He lived in Brighton and died in 1983.
BHTC Production Number: 47
Barbara Chamerlain
Anthony White
Kevin McSweeney
Ian Whitehorn
Betty Dann
Jennifer Taylor
John Poulson
Keith Jefferies
Frank Oakley
Elizabeth Batten
Marion Laughton
Richard Tapner
Cast
Martha
Edward
Walter
Bruno
Denise Darvel
Martine
Sir Mechael Anstruther
Jan Letzaresco
Dominique Lecler
Madame Duchemin
Lucille
Jean-Pierre
Douglas Kershaw
Joan Collins
Joan O'Meara
Alan Dann
Sheila Tapner & Norma Somerville
John Poulson
Ron Forsdike
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