Loves A Luxury 67

Love's A Luxury by Guy Paxton and Edward V Hoile

This was Bonnie Bryant's debut as a director (then, of course, known as "producer") for Wyong Drama Group. Unlike other directors, however, it was certainly not her last effort. The play opened in April 1967, and is your typical English farce. This play has been done by WDG three times (so far). Maxine Morris directed it in 1987, and Bonnie reprised it again (with Howard Oxley as co-director) in 1999. This production played on two days: Friday 21 April, and Saturday 22 April 1967.

A theatre man, who seeks a refuge in the country away from the women around him, makes his way to Cranberry Cottage with his leading man. They are met by a young girl who is standing in for her mother who is the housekeeper. Add a crazy camper and allow the wife and girlfriend to arrive with the son and you have the ingredients for a farce. The Camper, Mr Mole, steals the show with what he does with his shorts. The focus of the attention, Mr Charles Pentwick, overdoes all the attributes of the theatre man.

Love's A Luxury programme from 1967 (pdf file, bytes)

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	Goldie Geatches as Rollie
	Frank McKone as Mr Mole
	George Geatches, Howard Cassidy, Frank McKone & Aubrey Brown
	Beth Gingell and George Geatches
	Aubrey Brown, Mildred Ede, Beverley Say, George Geatches (in drag) and Howard Cassidy
	Frank McKone, Howard Cassidy, George Geatches (in drag) and Aubrey Brown
	Roslyn Lewis, Beverley Say, Mildred Ede (on the ground), Beth Gingell and Howard Cassidy
	Frank McKone as Mr Mole
	Aubrey Brown as Charles Pentwick
	Roslyn Lewis as Fritzy Villiers
	Mildred Ede as Mrs Harris
	Howard Cassidy as Dick Pentwick
	Beverley Say as Mollie the Maid
	George Geatches as Bobbie Bentley
	Beth Gingell as Margaret Pentwick
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	Wyong & Tuggerah Lakes News 26 April 1967. Review by Neville Goldsworthy.