Wendy Sealy - Valerie Smith? (behind) - Helen Smith - Janet
Robinson - Valerie Teale - Elizabeth Heffer - Jennifer Drake
- Valerie Brown - Hazel Smith (behind) - Anne Rees - Judith
Chapman
Original photo by Brian Lane: source Helen Smith
ELY HIGH SCHOOL
THE RIVALS
by
Richard Brindsley Sheridan
Characters in order of their order of appearance:
| Fag Thomas Miss Lydia Languish Lucy Miss Julia Melville Mrs Malaprop Sir Anthony Absolute Captain Absolute Mr Faulkland Bob Acres Sir Lucius O'Trigger David |
Jane Buck Christine Day Anne Rees Hazel Smith Janet Robinson Jennifer Drake Elizabeth Heffer Judith Chapman Helen Smith Valerie Teale Valerie Brown Valerie Smith |
Footman:
Elizabeth Hudson, Wendy Sealy, Patricia Sharpe
The action of the play takes place on a summer's day in Bath.
| ACT I ACT II ACT III |
Morning Afternoon Evening |
There will be a short interval between Acts I and II, and an interval for coffee between Acts II and III.
| Produced by: Stage Manager: Lighting: Scenery: Prompter: Costumes and Wigs Spectacles |
Miss PR Brook Miss MR Reynolds Miss S Cork Constructed by Miss Reynolds and Miss Cork. Painted by members of the VIth Form Diana Clarke by L&H Nathan, London. loaned by Messrs Chapman and Wade |
The Producer and cast wish
to thank the many people who have assisted in
various ways with this production, especially Miss Johnson
and Miss Bridge.
A silver collection will be taken.
_________
from the May 1960 Ely High School Magazine
from the EHS magazine, original: Brian Lane
L-R: Helen Smith, Valerie Smith?, Elizabeth Heffer, Judith
Chapman, Anne Rees, Valerie Brown, Jane Buck?, Jennifer
Drake, Valerie Teale, Hazel Smith, Christine Day, Janet
Robinson
(Helen is unsure of two playing the other servants - other
Smiths not related)
"The Rivals "
RB Sheridan
During the past years, many discoveries about the benefits of well-planned sets and good lighting have ensured that our dramatic ability and our ambition have increased and improved. Our recent performance of "The Rivals" is widely considered to be the best we have yet given, chiefly because of the excellent casting of the main roles, the magnificent costumes and a very ambitious set design, on which Wendy Young is to be congratulated, together with Miss Reynolds and Miss Cork.
Convincing performances by two charming young ladies and two handsome escorts, together with sufficiently pert Lucy and a very irritable Sir Anthony served only as a back-cloth to the riotous performances of Mrs Malaprop and Acres. As the former, Jennifer Drake managed at every performance to convulse, not only the audience but also those of us who knew the play almost by heart. Her character changed every evening as soon as she put on her wig.
Valerie Teale, with her ill-fitting wig and uncontrollable legs was earnest enough to amuse the audience thoroughly, and Valerie Brown as Sir Lucius O'Trigger, played up with an ability and skill at first unsuspected.
Last but not least, the identical poker-faced footmen must be praised for their admirable solemnity.
The cast and all others concerned offer hearty congratulations to Miss Brook for a splendid production.
DIANA CLARKE, Upper VI.
from the Cambridgeshire Times, undated: source Helen Smith
