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Purbeck Players Mowlem Theatre Swanage November 2003 At this point a little more attention to detail would not have gone amiss, because the paper being used on stage was a recent one that quite clearly showed a Remembrance Day poppy on the cover and therefore did little to set the scene in the right season. However, although the first twenty minutes or so dragged a little, the play was well constructed and once things got going there were plenty of laughs. And although five of the nine-strong cast were new members, they were far from inexperienced and there was not a single weak link. Tony Bailey was splendidly bemused as the joke’s victim, Norman, with Win Emanuel and Pauline Windle delightfully batty as his cleaner, Beryl, and aunt, Cynthia, while Katharine Bailey shone as his soon-to-be girlfriend, Wendy Garner. John Barclay made an excellent debut as Frenchman M. Raymond Artois, as did Chrissie Godson as Phoebe Clayton, and there were fine performances too from Tom Holmes, Louise Gough & Peter Gutteridge. Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo |
