Season 29 Play 5 – Children’s Day by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
Children’s Day
17th – 22nd January 1977
Directed by
Tony Reavill
Cast
Robin Partridge, a publisher – David West
Emma Partridge, his wife – Mary Woolridge
Peter Butler, a restaurateur – Paul Kershaw
Polly Butler, his wife – Elizabeth Newsholme
Tom Sutton, Emma’s Solicitor – Leigh Bowman
Mavis Pawson, Emma’s mother’s help – Sally Joy
Sophie Lovelady, a Chelsea Girl – Gillian Batty
Emma Partridge, his wife – Mary Woolridge
Peter Butler, a restaurateur – Paul Kershaw
Polly Butler, his wife – Elizabeth Newsholme
Tom Sutton, Emma’s Solicitor – Leigh Bowman
Mavis Pawson, Emma’s mother’s help – Sally Joy
Sophie Lovelady, a Chelsea Girl – Gillian Batty
Synopsis
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Directors Notes
You hadn’t heard of “Children’s Day”? Well, you have now.
It is a shade deeper than farce. There are real people in this play, if by real we mean that their problems are universal, their reactions predictable, their triumphs and happinesses life-size and not dramatised beyond our own expectations. It is a tolerant and sympathetic play- like it-I hope you will.
