Love Begins At Fifty
Written by
Raymond Hopkins
Directed for Actonians
by
Debby Ashton
Synopsis
This comedy is set in the home of Anita and Clive Debanks who have been married for 28 years and the passage of the play covers a six-week period leading up to Clive's 50th birthday.
Clive endeavours to recapture his youth with a foray into a "Lonely Hearts column".
Meanwhile, his wife, Anita, enters the loveless couple into a competition for the perfect married couple, to win a Caribbean cruise, without telling her husband.
The grand finale is reached following several complications, misunderstandings and coincidences which form an integral part of this farce.
Credits
Cast | |
---|---|
Role | Person |
Anita Debanks | Jenny McDowell |
Clive Debanks | Mike Schofield |
Jack Reynolds | Stewart White |
Claire Murphy | Lin Bowden |
Tracy Barton | Michelle Pawley |
Annabel Wickson | Debby Ashton |
Mavis Leggett | Pat Stimson |
Emily Roberts | Sue Anstey |
Henry Clarke | Nick Pearce |
Crew | |
Role | Person |
Assistant Stage Manager | Richard Pawley |
Prompt | Angie Croome |
Set Design
|
Bob Allen
Maureen Blake Debby Ashton |
Set Construction & Painting
|
Steve Anstey
Hamish Constable Richard Pawley Mark Whitehouse Maureen Blake Debby Ashton Nick Sharp |
Lighting | Mark Whitehouse |
Sound | Peter Carlin |
Costumes | Cast |
Props
|
Ann Aplin
Di Roper-Marshall |
Front of House
|
Di Pardoe
Other members |
Bar
|
Bob Allen
Other members |
Poster Design
|
Sue Anstey
Debby Ashton |
Box Office | Debby Ashton |
Programme
|
Sue Anstey
Debby Ashton |
Photographer | Ray Bulmer |