Season 30 Play 9 – The Good Companions by J.B. Priestley
Directed by
Cast
Mr. Joe Brundit – George Pickles
Mrs. Joe Brundit – Audrey Whitwham
Susie Dean – Louise Hindle
Jerry Jerningham – Keith Hardy
Elsie Longstaff – Dorothy West
Jimmy Nunn – Leigh Bowman
WHO ARE JOINED BY:-
Jess Oakroyd – Howard Broadley
Inigo Jollifant – Paul Kershaw
Elizabeth Trant – Marilyn Baines
Morton Mitchum – Donald Clough
Miss Thong – Pat Walker
AND THOSE THEY ENCOUNTER:-
Charlie – Colin Whitaker
Billingham – Roland Coombs
Sam – Colin Whitaker
Ted – John Cockerill
Mrs. Oakroyd – Margaret Broadley
Leonard – Stephen Mitchell
Albert – Colin Whitaker
Auctioneer – David Scottow
Hugh MacFarlane – Raymond Hainsworth
Hilda – Kathleen Willis
Miss Truby – Margaret Broadley
Mrs. Tarvin – Tina Cross
Miss Callender – Kathleen Willis
Sgt. Comrie – Colin Whitaker
Mr. Tarvin – Roland Coombs
Felton – Stephen Mitchell
Fauntley – John Cockerill
Waiter – David Scottow
Photographer – Stephen Mitchell
Manager – Roland Coombs
Deck-Chair Man – Colin Whitaker
Lady Partlitt – Tina Cross
Chauffeur – David Scottow
Milbrau – Stephen Mitchell
Ridvers – John Cockerill
Pitsner – Raymond Hainsworth
Waiter – Colin Whitaker
Waiter – John Cockerill
Ethel Georgia – Margaret Broadley
Monte Mortimer -Roland Coombs
Call Boy – Kathleen Willis
Gooch – Stephen Mitchell
Nobby – David Scottow
Fred – Colin Whitaker
Synopsis
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Directors Notes
When I saw the London production of “The Good Companions” at Her Majesty’s Theatre, the audience was composed largely of foreign tourists. Whilst some of Jess Oakroyd’s Yorkshire idioms must have caused bewilderment, the sheer happiness of the play communicated itself. Notwithstanding the inability of the BLT set builders to reproduce the electronically controlled and computerised scene changes that seem to be standard practice in the West End these days, we have tried to achieve something of the continuity required by less complicated and more obvious means.
We seek, as I’m sure J. B. Priestley intended, to entertain. We have enjoyed adapting and presenting “The Good Companions”. We hope some of our enjoyment will transmit itself to our audiences. That, after all, is one of the main objects of theatre, and on that we rest our case.
