Waters Of The Moon
by
N.C.Hunter
Directed by: Fred Makin
8th - 11th April 1964
It is the week between Christmas and New Year's in a small, shabby-genteel hotel in Devonshire, an establishment catering to permanent guests who are, in different ways, down on their luck. The hotel is run by hard-working Mrs. Daley and her two children, feisty Evelyn and consumptive Johnny. Johnny has dreams of running away on a polar expedition. Unlike most of the hotel's other inhabitants, Johnny is not yet resigned to his fate.
The regular guests have settled into their routines. The dignified Mrs. Whyte complains bitterly about there being too little hot water and too much 'horrid brown sauce' served with meals. The retired Colonel Selby takes catnaps when not out shooting birds. The somewhat common Mrs. Ashworth keeps being too heartily cheerful. And the quiet Dr. Julius Winterhalter, a Jewish war refugee from Vienna, does his best to be as inconspicuous as possible. It has begun snowing, and soon there is a pounding at the door...
| John Daly |
David Broadhurst |
| Evelyn Daly (his sister) |
Edna Foster |
| Mrs Whyte |
Joan Pearson |
| Colonel Selby |
Peter Womby |
| Mrs Daly |
Morjoie Mayhew |
| Mrs Ashworth |
Joyce Pomfret |
| Julius Winterhalter |
John Mark |
| Helen Lancaster |
Betty Pearson |
| Tonetta Landi (her daughter) |
Kay Chatterton |
| Robert Lancaster |
John Chapman |
| Stage Manager |
Brian Stuchbury |
| ASMs |
Mary Gregory
Shirley Quick
John Williamson |
| Settings constructed by |
Brian Stuchbury
assisted by
Peter Foster
Eric Summerside
Geoffrey Pollitt
David Griffiths |
| Sound |
Cyril Hines
Anne Hines |
| Lighting |
Tony Boyes
Malcom Fereday |
| Properties & Wardrobe |
Freda Hinson
Shirley Quick |
| Our grateful thanks are due to Mr DAVID ROGERSON and the BOARD of GOVERNORS of HULME HALL COLLEGE for readily putting their theatre at our disposal |
| We are also indebted to CHEADLE AND GATLEY UDC PARKS DEPARTMENT for the loan of shrubs, and to CHEADLE HULE ADS for their kindly help of stage-furnishing |
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