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The Noble Spaniard

The Barn Theatre, Southwick Community Centre

May 27, 28, 29, 30 & 31 1986

The Noble Spaniard

by Somerset Maugham

Directed by
Betty Dawes


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“Wick make laughs flow”
– Shoreham Herald BHAC BHAC –

Cast

Frances Moulton – Lady Proudfoot

Brian Moulton – Mr. Justice Proudfoot

Margaret Faggetter – Marion Nairn [a young widow]

Karen Mulholland – Lucy [her sister]

Dorothy Edney – Mary Jane [a maid]

Barry Heselden – Captain Chalford

Michael Donkin – Count de Moret [a Frenchman]

Joan Bearman – Countess de Moret [his English wife]

Eddie Roberts – The Duke of Hermanos [a Spaniard]

 

Production Crew

Continuity & AssistanceJean Porter

Stage DesignMark Flower

PropertiesMargaret Davy

PropertiesSue Whittaker

Set DesignRalph Dawes

ConstructionRalph Dawes

ConstructionMichael Davy

ConstructionMark Flower

ConstructionDave Comber

ConstructionDave Collis

ConstructionFrances Thorne

Additional Set PainterSmudge Roberts

Additional Set PainterFrances Thorne

Lighting DesignFrank Hurrell

Lighting BoxFrank Hurrell

Front of House ManagerGeorge Porter

Box OfficeJill Redman

 

Programme Note #1: The Noble Spaniard

Frances Moulton has been a member of Wick Theatre Company for 30 years and in that time has taken such varied parts as Aunt Penniman in The Heiress, Elizabeth Barret Browning in The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Maggie in Hobson’s Choice and Lil in Fings Ain’t What They Used To Be. She also directed many Wick plays, including Pride and Predjudice, Sailor Beware and the one-act Festival winner Streuth. She has also been in several County plays from the first one The Mad Woman of Chaillot to Oh What a Lovely War.

Brian Moulton joined the Company in 1955 and made his first appearance in 1956 in Life with Father. Since then he has acted and directed for Wick and also for some time was Workshop Director for the construction of sets. Among his many rôles he has appeared as Eddie in View from the Bridge, Othello, the father in Spring and Port Wine, Hobson in Hobson’s Choice, King Henry Vlll in A Man for all Seasons and King Henry ll in The Lion in Winter.

Margaret Faggetter attended the Brighton and Hove School of Music and Drama, where she studied all aspects of acting. She joined Wick Theatre Company in 1983 to play Gwan in Trespass. Since then she has appeared as Sheila in Noah, Mrs. Knepp in And So To Bed and the Cat in Pinocchio.

Eddie Roberts first trod the boards for Wick in 1983 playing Saviello in Emlyn Williams’ Trespass. He has since played many parts with different Sussex Companies, among them being Lazar Wolf in Fiddler on the Roof with the Gemini Players, de Quadra in Vivat Vivat Regina in the Arundel Festival, Finneas Fogg in Sweeny Todd, to mention a few. Following this production he is to play Fagin in Oliver at the Gardner Centre in July.