THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH
Directed by: Douglas Kershaw
Genre: Comedy
Group: BHTC
Staged: The Park Centre, Burgess Hill
Anthony White
June Colledge
Betty Dann
Yvonne Lewis
Jennifer Taylor
Roy Scofield
Andrew Harding
Gina Paul (Colledge)
John Poulson
Chris Venamore
Douglas Kershaw
Keith Jefferies
Ian Whtehorn
Carol Ferridge
Joan O'Meara
Sheila Tapner
Marjorie Liechti
John Stallwood
Iris Russell
Jim Towell
Pat Robinson
Cast
Announcer/Stage Manager/Mr Fitzpatrick
Sabina
Mrs Antrobus
Dinosaur
Mammoth
Telegraph Boy/Assistant
Henry (as a Child)
Gladys (as a Child)
Mr Antrobus
Doctor/Defeated Candidate
Professor
Judge/Henry
Homer/Broadcast Official
Miss E Muse
Miss M Muse
Miss T Muse/Ivy
Fortune Teller
Mr Tremayne
Hester
Fred Bailey
Gladys
Crew
Douglas Kershaw
Roy Scofield
Anthony White
Elizabeth Batten
Elizabeth Batten, Sheila Tapner,
Jo White, Joan O'Meara, Norma Somerville
Elizabeth Batten
Sheila Tapner
Bernard Clayman
Alan Dann
Sonia Murgatroyd
John Beacon
Stage Director
Stage Manager
Scenic Design & Graphics
Assistant Producer
Wardrobe
Prompt
Properties
Business Manager
Front of House Manager
Publicity Manager
Box Office
Synopsis:
This is the story of Mr and Mrs Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII). Mr Antrobus invented the wheel and the brewing of beer and no matter what happens, is intent on saving the works of Shakespeare. Mrs. Antrobus invented the hem, the apron and "frying in oil", and would burn all the works of Shakespeare to keep her children from catching a cold. Henry/Cain is trying to memorize the multiplication tables and learn how to use his slingshot, Gladys loves her Daddy and can't keep her dress down, and Sabina just wants to get out of the kitchen and go to the movies.
BHTC NOTES: As reported in the press review (see below), this production seemed to involve the majority of the membership at that time, taking one, two or even three roles each!
Playwrights: Thornton Wilder
Production Date: June 1967
Holidaymakers:
Carol Ferridge, Iris Russell, Patricia Robinson, Sheila Tapner, Enid Kemp, John Stallwood, Pamela Jefferies, Jan Towell, Andrew Harding, Michael Harris, Douglas Kershaw,
Rodney Nash & John McDonnell
Bingo Hostesses:
Ena Barrow, Yvonne Lewis & Jennifer Taylor
Conveners:
Roy Scofield, Jim Towell, Keith Jefferies & Ron Forsdike
BHTC Production Number: 42