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This was the name given to a group of three one-act plays put on together on the one night. They were performed on 17, 18 and 19 April 1986 at the Memorial Hall. The Wedding by Neil Simon
This was the one-act play chosen by Maxine Morris to direct. It is the third play of Neil Simon's Plaza Suite which Wyong Drama Group was later to do in its entirety (all three plays) in 2000. In it, the parents of a bride and the bride are staying in one of the suites at the Plaza Hotel in New York just before the big day. The bride has locked herself in the bathroom of the suite and refuses to come out. The play consists of the efforts of the parents and others to get her out of the bathroom. Eventually, the groom comes in, says two words "Cool it" and out she comes! What does the father know of his daughter? How well does the mother relate to her? If her husband-to-be can achieve something in two words that the parents have been trying to achieve for three-quarters of an hour, what does this mean for modern society? Countdown by Alan Ayckbourn
Gwen Clarke's directorial contribution to the evening was the two-hander Countdown. This play concerns two people who reveal how each other's habits and familiar phrases irritate them. While apparently cordial in dialogue, their true feelings are revealed through spoken thoughts. It is part of the Mixed Doubles set of Ayckbourn plays, and was made into a television series in 1972. It featured Sheila Hancock and Clive Dunn as the husband and wife. The Pot Sickens by Peter Kocan
This was directed by Alan Sutton, and is a melodrama by our then local writer-in-residence Peter Kocan. With characters such as Mrs Chumley-Hackington and Alice Bletchley you get the idea of the stock characterisations employed. The play was performed a number of times by the group, and when it was taken to the Newcastle Drama Festival in 1994 (after being used for the Bush Bash in 1994) Pam Campbell won the Best Actress award for the entire festival, quite a creditable achievement! Fun Fun Fun Programme (pdf file, 247,168 bytes)
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