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Two One-Act Plays
A pair of on-act plays was presented on August 27 & 28 and September 3 & 4 (8pm) 1982 at Wyong Memorial Hall. The Play Reading by Joan Honey
This is a play for six women, directed by Clive Gibson, who also added a dancer to the cast (Clive is a prolific choreographer). Clive also took a role as Manuel in the following play. The play opens innocently enough; the scene appears to be a normal play reading by some of a Women's Institute drama group, in the 300-year-old cottage sitting-room of one of the members who appears to be oh-so-civilised. But why is the youngest member, who claims to be psychic, so troubled? Why does the hostess act so strangely? Why does the 'daily woman', having left for home come rushing back? Humour and tension prevail throughout. Fawlty Towers: The Builders by John Cleese & Connie Booth
This play was adapted for the stage and directed by Bob McKettrick, who was later to play Basil in the 1984 production of Fawlty Towers (which was directed by Steve McNeill who played Basil in this production). In this episode Polly and Manuel are left to run the hotel when Basil and Sybil take a holiday and they must oversee the renovation of the lobby by an unreliable builder. A few things go wrong, as the builders block the wrong door (the one to the kitchen, not the drawing room as intended). It was bound to happen, of course, as Basil selected O'Reilly the builder rather than Stubbs, because he's cheap. Sybil had counselled Basil to not do this, of course. Basil returns to the hotel without Sybil, and, seeing the work all wrong, attempts to fix it before Sybil gets back. The Play Reading and The Builders Programme (pdf file, 212,226 bytes)
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