The GWT - Much Ado About Nothing - Season 1978

Coming Up

<br />in <b><a href=PhotoPage.php?PlayNum=674 title=Click for more information on Pygmalion>Pygmalion</a></b>

9th to 16th October 2021
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw

<br />in <b><a href=PhotoPage.php?PlayNum=675 title=Click for more information on Birdsong>Birdsong</a></b>

6th to 13th November 2021
Birdsong
by Sebastien Faulks adpated by Rachel Wagstaff

<br />in <b><a href=PhotoPage.php?PlayNum=676 title=Click for more information on A Christmas Carol>A Christmas Carol</a></b>

4th to 11th December 2021
A Christmas Carol
by Patrick Barlow adpated from the story by Charles Dickens

<br />in <b><a href=PhotoPage.php?PlayNum=677 title=Click for more information on Hedda Gabler>Hedda Gabler</a></b>

8th to 15th January 2022
Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Patrick Marber

<br />in <b><a href=PhotoPage.php?PlayNum=678 title=Click for more information on Present Laughter>Present Laughter</a></b>

5th to 12th February 2022
Present Laughter
by Noël Coward

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And A Nightingale Sang
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Macrunes Guevara
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Romanoff And Juliet
by Peter Ustinov
6th to 13th May 1961
70 Years Ago

The Shewing-Up Of Blanco Posnet
by George Bernard Shaw
Throughout 1951

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare
3rd to 10th June 1978

Much Ado About Nothing

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David Francis, Colin Hill & Bob Morris

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Janice French & Colin Hill

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Much Ado About Nothing

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David Francis, Colin Hill, David Morris & Bob Morris

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David Francis, Lesley Arnold, Janice French, Bob Morris, John Wharton, Tony Cork, Mary Ann Murphy, Jennifer Cooke, Colin Hill & Rob Mitchell

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Lesley Arnold, Jennifer Cooke, Janice French & Mary Ann Murphy

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Colin Hill, Jennifer Cooke, Janice French, Mary Ann Murphy & Phillip Fasham

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Much Ado About Nothing

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Maurice Kenwood, Tony Cork & Rob Mitchell

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Cast
The Household
Leonato	Phillip Fasham
Antonio	John Wharton
Beatrice	Janice French
Hero	Jennifer Cooke
Margaret	Lesley Arnold
Ursula	Mary Ann Murphy
Friar Francis	John Measures
Balthazar	Ron Iles
Musician	Honor Hills
Servant	David Morris
Boy	Jonathan Salway
The Visitors
Don Pedro	Bob Morris
Don John	Maurice Kenwood
Claudio	David Francis
Benedick	Colin Hill
Borachio	Rob Mitchell
Conrade	Tony Cork
Messenger	Dick Kemp
The Watch
Dogberry	Nick Mabbs
Verges	Dudley Cook
Sexton	Richard Gooderson
Watchman	John Gilbert
Watchman	Dick Kemp
Watchman	David Morris
Watchman	Jonathan Salway

Crew
Directed by	Peter French
Stage Manager	Philip Cooper
Assistant Stage Manager	Margaret Burchmore
Properties	Sally Roberts
Properties	Carol Yarrow
Set Design	Peter French
Clerk of Works	Alan Dodds
Wardrobe	Jennifer Prestage
Wardrobe	Monica Masson
Lighting	Colin Lincoln
Sound	Alan Burchmore