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2000 Autumn - A Coat of Varnish

 

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A story of Murder Adapted for the stage by Ronald Millar From a novel by C.P.Snow
Directed By Ronald Rush

Tuesday 19th to Saturday 23rd September 2000

Cast List, Backstage Crew, Photos

Synopsis

Elderly Lady Ashbrook is brutally murdered in her London Home for no apparent reason.

Chief Superintendent Briers discovers the murderer but cannot find evidence to prove guilt.

Arrogant and unlovable, Lady Ashbrook nevertheless respected code of morals and manners fast vanishing from our society at the close of the twentieth century.

Briers is driven by a compulsion to bring the killer to justice - but how?

The Cast
Detective Chief Superintendent
Frank Briers
Robin Newell
Lady Ashbrook  Margaret Bedford
Dr Perryman  Graham Munday
Captain Loosley Paul Russell
Susan Thirkill  Rebecca Wire
Humphrey Leigh Mark Holliday
Sergeant Tanner Dave Clissold
Chief Inspector Rees John Munro
Inspector Shingler Caroline Clissold
Professor Morgan Diane Moreton
Maria   Helen Munro
Stenographer  Juliet Shaljean-Tilley
Photographer  Rory O`Connor
Policewoman  Lynda Hughes
Backstage Crew
Stage Manager Margaret Hutchins
Production Assistant Lynda Hughes
Lighting Peter Fitzwater
Sound Chris Eva, Michael Wood
Properties Anita Wood, Tracy Warren, Juliet Shaljean-Tilley, Helen Munro
Wardrobe Eileen Fenton
Make-up Tracy Warren
Hair John Belcher
Set Design Naomi Everall
Set Construction Phil Machers, Mike Kelly
Stage Crew Rory O’Connor, Lynda Hughes
Front of House  Patrick McCarthy
Box Office Jane Mills, Wendy Rowe
Publicity Sarah Matthews, Andrew Darling
Programme Photography Mark Holliday
Production Photography Julian Sharpe
Front Cover Design Naomi Everall
Photos

A Card to celebrate the production, by Naomi Everall (click for larger image)

Rebecca Wire, Paul Russell, Margaret Bedford

Mark Holliday, Paul Russell, Margaret Bedford, Graham Munday

Diane Moreton

Rebecca Wire

Robin Newell, Graham Munday, Caroline Clissold

Robin Newell, Mark Holliday

The Cast

Links

A Coat of Varnish

Ronald Millar

Paperback - 72 pages (1983) Samuel French; ISBN: 0573111006

Novels of C.P.Snow

A.K.Maniyar

Hardcover - 152 pages (December 1998) Atlantic Publishers & Distributors; ISBN: 8171560768

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The above links are to Amazon.co.uk, and any orders placed are solely the responsibility of Amazon.co.uk

Web Links

Britannica.com
Biography of C.P.Snow

Britannica.com
Biography of Ronald Millar

 


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