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InspectorAn
Callsby J.B. Priestley
4th-7th December 2013www.thecheritonplayers.org.uk
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When Cheriton Players committee first asked me to direct An Inspector Calls by celebrated author J.B. Priestley, I regarded it as a huge challenge, never having tackled a major mystery drama before as a Director. This is a play
that examines closely some of the less appealing aspects of human nature, whilst also reflecting some of its redeeming facets and generational differences. Written in 1945 – though set in 1912 just before the sinking of the Titanic – the action takes place in the dining room of a large North Country suburban house belonging to a prosperous, though somewhat provincial,
factory owner Arthur Birling and his slightly disparate family.
The six main characters are skillfully drawn, showing contrasting attitudes and faculties. There is a continuous underlying sense of moral values and class differences throughout. The dénouement might be regarded as rather predictable but nevertheless leaves the audience guessing. This has not been an easy play to direct but I have enjoyed the experience in spite of one or two fraught rehearsals! The cast and crew have shown great enthusiasm and determination to ‘get it right’ and I am most grateful to all involved. Finally I hope you, the audience, will feel that our labours have not been in vain.
Enjoy your evening.
Pauline Cornter
From the Director
InspectorAn
CallsA play by J.B. Priestley4th-7th December 2013This amateur production of “An Inspector Calls” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH LTD.
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First produced at the Opera House, Manchester, on March 9th 1946 and subsequently at the New Theatre London on October 1st 1946 with Alec Guinness as Eric Birling and Ralph Richardson as Inspector Goole.
The Cast (in order of appearance)
Arthur Birling Mike Cornter Gerald Croft Jules Anderson Sheila Birling Tracey Anderson Sybil Birling Helena Gomm Eric Birling Charlie Hellard Edna Rebecca Leadley Inspector Goole David Cradduck
The Production Team
Director Pauline Cornter Producer/ASM Jan Conway Stage Manager Tim Conway Lighting/sound/special effects Jamie Herdman, Graham Arnott Voice Coach Barbara Large Prompt Angela Ledsham Props Paul McTaggart Costumes Julia Kimber Set Design Tim Day, Pauline Cornter Set and seating build Tim Day, Alan Kettle, Richard Perkins, Andy Birnie, Tim Conway, Jan Conway, Angela Ledsham, Paul Hellard Décor Henrietta Hellard Photography Craig Robertson Publicity David Cradduck Programme and poster design Owen Jones Illustration of Inspector Kezia Hoffman Front of House Alan and Jane Kettle and team
InspectorAn
CallsA play by J.B. Priestley4th-7th December 2013
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Synopsis of ScenesAct l - The dining room of the Birlings’ house in Brumley, an industrial city in the North
Midlands: an evening in Spring, 1912
Act ll - The action is continuous
There will be an interval of 20 minutes between acts during which refreshments will be served.
We would like to thank everyone who has helped in any way with this production – in particular Heather Witham from RAODS for costumes and props, Ian Monier-Williams for table and chairs, Duncan Griffiths of Eddolls for carpeting, Rick from Alresford Builders
Merchants for loan of pallets and The Flower Pots for loan of props and materials (and for keeping the cast sustained after rehearsals).
Please turn off all mobiles and keep aisles clear at all times Please refrain from flash photography and note that video or audio recording of the performance is prohibited.
We are delighted to say that, as this programme goes to print, we have a complete sell-out of tickets. That is a fantastic situation to be in, and it shows we have a growing, loyal, audience. So at this time we would like to thank all our friends, audiences and supporters – especially our long suffering advertisers who kindly contribute year after year to making our programme worthy of being a professional souvenir. In particular, we would like to thank The Flower Pots Inn who give us sustenance after rehearsals and who looked after our box office for the first 50 years of our existence! If you have time after the show, please pop in and have an after-show drink with them and – quite possibly – a few cast and crew too. If you would like to advertise in our programme, please contact us by email at [email protected] or on our contact page on our website, www.thecheritonplayers.org.uk/contact-us/ - the rates are very reasonable and the reproduction, as we’re sure you will agree is very good!
Welcome to Cheriton Players’ production of J.B. Priestley’s classic An Inspector Calls. This thought-provoking play is something of a departure from our more usual comedy or farce but everyone involved has enjoyed the challenge of taking on such a well-respected drama!
We are a small friendly theatre group always looking for more members to join us onstage, backstage and front of house. For more information about the group and our past productions please look at our website and sign up to receive details of future events at www.thecheritonplayers.org.uk. We are also on Facebook and Twitter.
We hope you enjoy An Inspector Calls as much as we have enjoyed putting it on. Immense thanks to our Director, Pauline Cornter, for her skill, patience and dedication to the production and to all the cast, backstage and front of house crew who have worked tremendously hard on and offstage. As well as our regular cast and crew, we’re really pleased to have new members on and offstage, Rebecca Leadley and Andy Birnie respectively, as well as Kezia Hoffman who illustrated the brilliant poster and programme cover.
But we would still like more of you involved in future, so if you are interested in joining the Players, please get in touch through the website or by email [email protected]
We would love to hear from you!
We hope that we will see you again at Cheriton Players’ first production in 2014.
From Jan Conway, Chairman
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Pauline Cornter (Director)
Pauline is one of the longest serving members of Cheriton Players and as well as directing – recent credits include ‘Allo ‘Allo and Alice – has played a huge number of leading roles at Cheriton such as Eliza in My Fair Lady and – her favourite character of all – Mole in Wind in the Willows. Other appearances include The Importance of Being Earnest, Salad Days, Lock up Your Daughters, Confusions, Oliver!, Jungle Fantasy, Murder in Cheriton!, several Old Tyme Music Halls and Habeus Corpus, for which she was nominated for a Curtain Call award for her portrayal of Mrs Swabb. She was Audrey Evans in Ten Times Table, Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit and the super sleuth Miss Maple in Murdered to Death. Most recently she appeared in multiple roles in A Bolt from the Blue.
Mike Cornter (Arthur Birling)
Mike has been with Cheriton Players for over 45 years, having met his wife Pauline whilst rehearsing for Pig in a Poke in 1967. His roles down the years have been many and varied, from Mr Bumble in Oliver! to a Brummy tribal chief in Jungle Fantasy. He has sung his way through many an Old Tyme Music Hall and appeared as the ‘front man’ of Cheriton’s answer to the Wurzels. Mike was KGB agent Henry Bastable in Murder in Cheriton! and took the leading roles of René in ‘Allo ‘Allo and Dr Arthur Wicksteed in Habeas Corpus. He played the crusty stationmaster Saul Hodgkin in The Ghost Train, was the Mock Turtle in Alice, delighted audiences with his Colonel Craddock in Murdered to Death and last appeared in A Bolt from the Blue in numerous roles. Like many in the cast, this is Mike’s first ‘serious’ role for a good while.
Jules Anderson (Gerald Croft)
Jules joined Cheriton Players after being press ganged into taking a small part in The Champion of Paribanou - before this he had never acted at all. Such was his leap to fame as The Highwayman that he became typecast in evil roles and found himself playing Herr Flick in ‘Allo ‘Allo. Jules took a break from the stage for a while, returning to play one of Scrooge’s Spirits in Together4Christmas before tackling the significant leading role of Charles in Blithe Spirit, his biggest and most demanding role to date. He then adopted a very different accent for the part of Pierre in the hilarious romp, Murdered to Death and has now refined to posh tones again for the part of Gerald.
Tracey Anderson (Sheila Birling)
As a child Tracey joined in keenly with all school productions. She was encouraged to rekindle her love for drama and return to the stage by her two children, Amy and Lauren, both themselves keen actors and singers. Tracey joined Cheriton Players for Cheriton Players’ 50th anniversary production of Alice, as well as performing with ACTS in The Boyfriend. She also appeared in a splendid production of Billy earlier this year for Winchester Operatic Society at the Theatre Royal Winchester and aims to do more with them. Other Cheriton credits include Clerical Errors, the scheming Elizabeth Hartley-Trumpington in Murdered to Death and the very pregnant Pattie in Alan Ayckbourn’s Season’s Greetings.
Biographies
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Helena Gomm (Sybil Birling)
Helena divides her performing time between West Meon Theatre for whom she directed Neville’s Island and made a memorable performance recently in Calendar Girls at The Theatre Royal Winchester. Other WMT credits include The Real Inspector Hound, and she also writes much of their material. For Cheriton Players, Helena played Ruth, Charles Condomine’s second wife in Blithe Spirit immediately followed by The White Queen in Alice. Her most recent appearances here were as Dorothy in Murdered to Death and Phyllis in Season’s Greetings. Elsewhere she has appeared in the farce Rumours, Much Ado About Nothing, Hay Fever, Outside Edge, The Importance of Being Earnest and Stepping Out. She says her performance as the Vegetable Fairy in Jack and the Beanstalk is probably best forgotten, and she was also once cast as a chicken.
Rebecca Leadley (Edna)
Rebecca moved to Cheriton earlier this year, and says she made joining the Players a priority! She has been a keen actor since childhood, entering drama festivals and exams throughout school, as well as appearing in numerous theatre productions, including Little Shop of Horrors and Midsummer Nights Dream, and as the rather clichéd position of the back end of a pantomime cow in a particularly memorable Chichester Youth Theatre production. After university, Rebecca worked for a murder mystery company, performing up and down the country, portraying wartime murderers and medieval corpses at many a team building event and wedding. Rebecca is excited to be a part of An Inspector Calls and looks forward to lots more fun in the Cheriton Players over the coming years.
Charlie Hellard (Eric Birling)
Charlie first performed with Cheriton Players in their 40th Anniversary production Forty Not Out in 2001 and has appeared in numerous plays since such as The Noble Spaniard, Oliver!, Jungle Fantasy, A Christmas Carol, Together4Christmas, the outdoor production of Alice in which he played a timid Lion that had managed to end up in the wrong play and PC Thomkins in Murdered to Death. He was Clive, the much put upon writer in Season’s Greetings and excelled earlier this year as Edward, the pylon engineer who started growing younger, in A Bolt from the Blue. He has also recently performed with Alresford Community Theatre in The Boyfriend and Annie. He is currently in rehearsal for Oklahoma with ACTS.
David Cradduck (Inspector Goole)
David joined Cheriton Players after playing Tom in Tom Jones at college. Credits at Cheriton include title or lead roles in Charley’s Aunt, Wind in the Willows, Worzel Gummidge, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, Pride and Prejudice, Outside Edge and The Importance of Being Earnest. He appeared as Fagin in Oliver! Other credits include The Real Inspector Hound/Black Comedy, Jungle Fantasy, The Noble Spaniard, Out of Order, A Christmas Carol, Table Manners, Murder in Cheriton!, ‘Allo ‘Allo, The Ghost Train, Ten Times Table, Alice, Murdered to Death, Season’s Greetings and David shaved his head for the part of bald hair specialist Ted Nugent in A Bolt from the Blue. He is also a member of RAODS and Maskers Theatre Co. where credits include Noises Off, Under Milkwood, Mikado, Relative Values, Tom Jones, Shadowlands and Far from the Madding Crowd.
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A Bolt from the Blue – April 2013
Season’s Greetings – Nov 2012
Murdered to Death – May 2012
Clerical Errors – Nov 2011
Alice – June 2011
Blithe Spirit – Nov 2010
Don’t Dress For Dinner – April 2010
Together4Christmas – Dec 2009
Ten Times Table – April/May 2009
The Ghost Train – Nov 2008
Habeas Corpus – April 2008
Allo’ Allo’ – Nov 2007
Murder in Cheriton! – May 2007
The Champion of Paribanou – Jan 2007
Parallel Lines – Nov 2006
Table Manners – April 2006
A Christmas Carol – Dec 2005
Out of Order – April 2005
Idol Talent – Jan 2005
The Noble Spaniard – Nov 2004
Jungle Fantasy – May 2004
The Real Inspector Hound & Black Comedy – Nov 2003
Oliver! – Jan 2003
Don’t Utter a Note – May 2002
Forty – Not Out! – Dec 2001
Murder in Play – March 2001
Confusions – Nov 2000
An Evening’s Entertainment – March 2000
Move over Mrs Markham – Nov 1999
Party Piece – Nov 1998
After the Ball is Over – April 1998
And then there were None – Nov 1997
Cat on the Fiddle – April 1997
Love’s a Luxury – Nov 1996
She Stoops to Conquer – April 1996
Key for Two – Nov 1995
‘Bless ’em All’ – May 1995
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime – Nov 1994
Pardon Me, Prime Minister – April 1994
Variety Music Hall – Nov 1993
Murder in Company – April 1993
Worzel Gummidge – Nov 1992
Outside Edge – April 1992
My Fair Lady – Nov 1991
Two One-Act Plays – April 1991
Lock up Your Daughters – Nov 1990
Haul for the Shore – May 1990
Best of Old Time Music Hall – Feb 1990
Tons of Money – Nov 1989
The Late Mr. Larrington – April 1989
Merry Christmas Music Hall – Dec 1988
Man Alive – April 1988
The Wind in the Willows – Dec 1987
I’ll Get My Man – May 1987
Music Hall – Jan/Feb 1987
Laughter in the Dark – Dec 1986
Salad Days – April 1986
The Proof of the Poison – Dec 1985
Gala Music Hall – Sep 1985
Charley’s Aunt – May 1985
Music Hall – Feb 1985
Small Hotel – Nov 1984
Beyond a Joke – May 1984
Music Hall – Feb 1984
Play On! – Nov 1983
Present Laughter – May 1983
Old Time Music Hall – Feb 1983
And So To Bed – Nov 1982
Here We Come Gathering – April 1982
Music Hall – Feb 1982
Book of the Month – Nov 1981
Pride and Prejudice – May 1981
Music Hall – Jan/Feb 1981
The Full Treatment – Nov 1981
Fish Out of Water – May 1980
Music Hall – Feb 1980
A Friend Indeed – Nov 1979
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime – April 1979
Music Hall – Jan 1970
Jam Tomorrow – Nov 1978
The White Sheep of the Family – April 1978
Old Time Music Hall – Jan/Feb 1978
Love Birds – Nov 1977
Running Riot – May 1977
Jubilee Revue – Jan 1977
Your Obedient Servant – Nov 1976
Person Unknown – April 1976
Old Time Music Hall – Jan 1976
The Importance of Being Earnest – Nov 1975
Wolf’s Clothing – April 1975
Old Time Music Hall – Jan/Feb 1975
Love’s a Luxury – Nov 1974
Sailor Beware – April 1974
Old Time Music Hall – Jan 1974
See How They Run – Nov 1973
Doctor in the House – April 1973
Old Time Music Hall – Jan 1973
Quiet Weekend – Nov 1972
Who Lies There? – April 1972
Old Time Music Hall – Jan 1972
Pools Paradise – Nov 1971
Something to Hide – April 1971
Old Time Music Hall – Jan 1971
Beside the Seaside – Nov 1970
Trap for a Lonely Man – Feb 1970
Man Alive – Nov 1969
Busybody – May 1969
Sleeping Partnership – Feb 1969
Dear Delinquent – Nov 1968
Goodnight, Mrs Puffin – May 1968
A Pig in a Poke – Feb 1968
Wanted One Body – Nov 1967
Still Life & Speaking Terms – July 1967
Flat Spin – May 1967
The Happiest Days of Your Life – Feb 1967
See How They Run – October 1966
The Bride and the Batchelor – April 1966
Breath of Spring – Nov 1965
Blithe Spirit – Nov 1964
Pools Paradise – May 1964
One Man Banned – Nov 1963
Haul for the Shore – Nov 1962Friends and Neighbours – March 1962Here We Come Gathering – Nov 1961
Previous Productions
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