Grangewood School MAgazine

Twenty-Fifth anniversary edition

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AcknowledgementsAlongside the people named as members of cast and crew, Taunton Thespians would like to thank the following for their generous support in the making of this production:For displaying Billboards:

Mrs Tooze, Chelston•The Westgate Inn•Holiday Inn Taunton•The Civil Service Sports & Social Club, Taunton•Yule Brown, Taunton•

For all their help behind the scenes: Members of Taunton Thespians •

For their support: Our advertisers and sponsors•Seaton Primary School for the bell•Trowbridge Players for the hockey sticks•

Taunton Thespians is a Registered Charity, Number 800217

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A Message from the HeadmistressWelcome to Grangewood’s School Magazine. This special 25th anniversary edition is dedicated to all of the girls who have been through the doors of Grangewood during the past 25 years, myself being one of them.

Through my time here as both girl and scholar I have seen the school strive forward to reach outstanding sporting and academic achievements. I am immenselyproudtobetheHeadMistressofthisfineestablishment.

I also take great pride in starting the tradition of inter-dormy hot water bottle fights,whichIbelievegirlsstillenjoy,eventoday.

Here’stoGrangewood,longmaysheflourish.Honestaquammagna!

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Director’s NotesWhere does one start with directing a play? An overall understanding of the period and characters and a central conceit for the show, as far as I’m concerned. As I was rather heavily involved in our Festival One Act and the Summer Tour, this rather went onto the back burner. However,onatriptothewonderfulFagin’sAntiquesbackinApril,Isawastaircasethatseemedtheidealheartoftheproduction.Ibuiltlotsofideasaroundthismassiveedifice–thetwo returns giving different levels and doors, all sorts of possibilities. Unfortunately, it was about 4 or 5 metres high and very solid indeed. More sensible heads persuaded me I would be insanetoeventrytouseitorcopyit–thanks,Dave.

With the Tour out of the way, I started thinking and reading again. What emerged from that was a feeling that the key to the production is in Miss Gibson’s opening speech: “each form in the school has assumed responsibility for one entire evening's entertainment .... The mantle of responsibility falls... on the Fourth form, together with a little help from members of staff, who have asked me to announce their offering, a play in two acts entitled Daisy Pulls It Off”. So there it was. The play has been put together by the Fourth Form. They’ve worked with their Drama teacher, the Craft teacher and the Art teacher, they’ve created the play and made the settings. That’s the conceit, that’s what you’ll see on stage.

Once my head was around that (and I’m probably the rather radical Drama teacher, in our Grangewood world), the production needed to be assembled. Cast, as ever, are the key consideration in any play. The original show used actresses in their 20s, while many amateur shows have “the girls” played by... more mature ladies, shall we say. School productions and other amateurs use girls of the age the characters are supposed to be. How were we to do it? From the start, I wanted to follow the intentions of the author in this, inspiring cries and dark mutterings from those whofeltwecouldn’tpossiblyfindenoughactorsoftherightage;as you’ll see, we did. Not only that, but we’ve tried to insure againsttheonsetofswineflu(advertisedashittingexactlythisage group) by having understudies to hand. Even if we get to showweekwithafullcast,morebodieswillhelptofillthestage.

Another of the play’s key concepts is the breaking of the “fourth wall”, taking the action into theauditoriumandhavingcastmeetingandgreetingtheaudience.Andnotjustcast,buthaving our Front of House team role playing as teachers and governors, in costume. Miss Gibson, the Headmistress, and other teaching staff will also have met you. The girls are probably all too nervous, but one or two might have come “out front” , and I hope they behaved themselves.

You will have to forgive us, though, for choosing the wonderful Tacchi-Morris Theatre as our venue.HowevermuchitwouldhavebenefittedtheconceittohaveyouallsittingincanvasfoldingchairsinanElizabethanGreatHall,litbyacoupleoffloodlights,wecouldn’tfindone.Instead, we’re here, at a very welcoming, clean, friendly venue. Which is nice, very nice indeed. Certainlymakesachangefrommyrecentexperience.Ihopeyouenjoytheshow.Asafriendof mine is very fond of saying “When it’s good, praise the performers. When it’s bad, blame the director”. They’ve all worked their socks off, on stage and behind it, so are very deserving of yourpraise.Hopefully,I’llgetthechancetobatheintheirreflectedglory.

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DEEGAN’S INFLUENCES

Daisy Pulls It Off is a parody of wholesome adventure stories about life in a 1920s girls' English boarding school, such as those by Angela Brazil.

Brazil(pronounced‘Brazzle’)wasnotthefirstwritertoproduce school stories for girls, but she created a new genre that changed the direction they were to take in the comingyears.Forthefirsttime,growinggirlscouldreadbooks that were slanted towards their own point of view, withawholeraceofjolly,sporty,robustand,aboveall,believable role models. The heroines of her books may havebeen,ontheonehand,sillyorvainorselfishandpig-headed;or,alternatively,theymayhavebeenreliable,well-meaning or happy-go-lucky, but whatever their characteristics, a mutual tolerance ensured that they all managedtoco-existhappilyandlearnfromeachother'sexperiences.Afarcryfromthemoralisticfablesoftheprecedingera!

Theirpopularitywasnot,alas,sharedbythemajorityof"real life" head-mistresses, who seem to have particularly abhorred the schoolgirl slang that peppers the books. Today it seems harmless enough to most people, but at the

time there were voices raised to have the books banned or evenburned.AsAngelaBrazil'sfictionalhead-teacherswereusuallyportrayedverysympathetically,thishardlyseemsfair,butshewasquiteunperturbedbytheoppositiontoherbooks,continuingtoturn them out at the average of two a year for almost half a century. She wrote the following about her credentials for writing such books:

"To be able to write for young people depends, I consider, largely upon whether you are able to retain yourearlyattitudeofmindwhileacquiringacertainfacilitywithyourpen.Itisamistakeevertogrowup!IconfessIamstillanabsoluteschoolgirlinmysympathies."

In plentiful supply is the now very dated slang that used to incense teachers so much: pleasant experiencesaretermed"blossomly","chubby"or"jinky",andunpleasantthingsaredecidedly"piggy".Thestiffupperlipisasprevalentasinboys'stories:girlsarealwaysbeingexhortedto"braceupandbe sporty" and "turn off the waterworks". And as a reward for all this bracing up, there were sweet treats galore, cheesecake being a particularly sought-after favourite among the girls.

Romantic friendships abound in the books, but there was plenty of adventure, too. Girls are often marooned through their own foolishness and there are several shipwrecks. Fostering and adopting children was another theme in several stories, and others tell of missing wills, long-lost relatives who suddenly reappear, and - a stock plot from Victorian times - the girl of apparently humble birth who turns out to have aristocratic connections.

Brazil’sstoriesgaveenjoymenttothousandsofgirlsforwelloverhalfacentury.ItisonrecordthatwhensomeoneintheBlackieofficeheardthenewsofherdeath,hesuggestedthatitwouldn'tbelong before they received the manuscript of "The School at the Pearly Gates" - an irreverent remark, perhaps,butanindicationofherprolificacy!

www.bigbillkruse.com. http://en.wikipedia.org

Angela Brazil

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Daisy Pulls

It Off

by

Denise Deeganat the

Tacchi-Morris Theatre10th - 14th

November 2009

THEBESTPAPERFORSCHOOLSTORIES!

No. 001, Vol 001] Published Just the Once [Week Ending November 14th 2009

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About Taunton ThespiansThesocietyhaspassed(orcelebrated)itseightiethanniversary;wehavebeenprovidinglivetheatre for and by the people of Taunton and surrounding area since 1928. That February, Ian Hay’s Tilly of Bloomsbury was staged for 3 nights at the Lyceum Theatre, and was a great success. Over the intervening decades we have staged over 300 productions of all types. Thespians were instrumental in creating the theatre in which we’re performing tonight.

Every year we entertain thousands of people by:

Stagingtwomajorproductions,formerlyattheBrewhouse,nowattheTacchi-Morris•Participatingindramafestivals(we’vereachedtheEnglishSemi-finaltwoyearsrunning)•Spending two weeks touring a classic comedy every summer•

We also provide Murder Mystery evenings and Cabaret shows for parties and fund-raising events around the area. To see what's happening in amateur drama in Taunton, come along to a Club Night. There's no charge, and you're very welcome. Just drop along to “The Place” in Wilfred Road, Tauntonat7.30pmonthefirstorthirdWednesdayofanymonthfromOctobertoMay.Asyouwillsee elsewhere, our Spring Production will be an adaptation of Stella Gibbons’ wonderfully funny novel Cold Comfort Farm.Auditionsforthisaretakingplacenextweekat“ThePlace”

Ifyoudofancyjoiningus,there’splentytodo,anditdoesn’tjustinvolvegettinguponstage.Membershipisonly£12ayear,andit’sjustaboutthemostfunyoucanhaveforapoundamonth!

For more details call John Burbery on 01823 442118 or email membership@tauntonthespians.org.uk

Dear Editor

I am so proud of my beautiful daughter Daisy for winning the scholarship to Grangewood. I shall miss her terribly, but I know she will be successful at she does. It may be hard for her, but she is strong & courageous, as was her Father, God rest his soul.

Elspeth Meredith

Cher Editor

Bonjour!IhadmuchpleasureintakingmesenfantsofGrangewoodforatriptoNice.ForsomeofthemtheirfirstjourneyoutofEngland–apart,ofcourse, from Sybil. Her parents are rich enough to travel the continents. Ourtrainjourneywasexciting,ifnotlong.IwassoproudofDaisy,quiparleFrancaisfluently(thankstosaMere).Ittaughtthespoiltrichgirlsathingortwo!Scholarshipgirlscanbeformidableattimes,n’estcepas?

Mlle Dormibien

Dear Editor

Lifecontainsmanydecisionsandasagardenereyecatchingresultsrequiremethodical thinking and planning. At all times of the year, especially now, the right combination and cultivated success depends on past actions and a helping hand from nature. My hopes for the future and wholesome prosperity liewithinthenextfewmonthsofmaturity.Icanonlyenvisagewhatwillbloom, as I seek sustenance from the development of many hours lost in the void, but forever with a watchful gaze of a perennial anticipation of colour. Theoutcomealwaysinthejoyofholdingwhatonecanappreciateandlove.

Mr Thompson, School Gardener

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Dear Editor

I have always seen the school magazine as a portal for communication between staff, parents and pupils and hereby intendtouseitasthus.Moreoftenthannotthesummerfliesby and I look forward to returning to my post as Fourth Form MistressatGrangewood.However,thissummerhasbeenquitedifferent. I return to a school in which much has changed. It is said to be progress, I, however, would strongly doubt that.

It would seem, much to my chagrin, that Grangewood is now to welcome the idea of scholarship girls. I have always thought of myselfasfirmandfair,buttheideaofelementaryschoolgirlsentering the realms of Grangewood is much beyond my desires for the future of the school.

I ask you how well has this scheme been thought through? Whatdoweknowofthemoralsandintellectofthisclassofgirl?Whatlevelsofetiquettedotheypractice;cantheyevenuseaknifeandforkproperly?Dotheyappreciatetherulesandconventions of polite behaviour in society?

Quite frankly the school seems to be drifting towards entertaining the introduction of all kinds of riffraff.WhatnextIaskyou,willMademoisellebeinstructingthegirlsintheCanCan;willMissGibsonbeentertainingtheideasofintroducingBOYS!?

I for one am most unhappy with the direction Grangewood is going.

Yours sincerely

Miss Granville, Fourth Form Mistress

Most of you will know me as Mr Scoblowski, a strict but generous and somewhat enigmatic music and geography teacher. However before I had to move to England I was a Count Scoblowski, from a proud and noble Russian family with a highly distinguished lineage. I was born in the once great city of Samara, close to where my family’s estate was based. I served as a Colonel in army of the Russian Empire during the war and received the Order of St Anna from the beloved Tsar Nicholas for bravely ordering my troops into a hail of German cannonfire.BackinthosedaysRussiawastheenvyoftheworld, a land of peace and liberty, where the workers knew their place and the peasants did what they were told. I can tell you that the Bolshevik Russia you girls hear about now is not Russian at all but the result of a vile plot imposed upon the people by a band of usurping foreign bandits.

While I long to go back to the real Russia that I lost I am happy to say that England is now my home.Whileithasitsdrawbacks,(theballotbox&tradeunionstonameafew)itremains,not least through its empire and its public school system, a beacon of civilised and conservative governance and society throughout the world. As girls of Grangewood it is your duty to remember the role of your country and your own responsibility to uphold it.

Valentin Scoblowski

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Back row, L to R: Sybil Wilby, Alice Wilby, Clare Beaumont (Head Girl & Sports Captain), Alice Fitzpatrick (Deputy Head Girl), Monica Smithers, Sybil Burlington (Vice-Captain U4)

MiddleRow,LtoR:MrThompson(SchoolGardener)MlleDormibien(French),MrScoblowski(Music&Geography),MissGibsonBA(Oxon)(HeadMistress),Miss Granville (English), Miss Joplin (Music). Miss Wilby-Gibson (Second Mistress) is not pictured

FrontRow,LtoR:WinnieIrving,TrixieMartin,DaisyMeredith,DoraJohnson,BelindaMathieson(CaptainU4)

Grangewood School 1927

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BackstageDirector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Gilbert

Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Northey

Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicola Dawson

DSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Gibbons

Costumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Burt

Gymslips & Boaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bath Theatrical

Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicola Dawson, Jane Burt & Amy Parker

Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Wilmott

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Richmond

Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Widgery

Make Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Parker

Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cynthia Jones

Stage Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Members of Taunton Thespians

Set Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Gilbert

Set Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Webber & Mark Dawson

Supported by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Northey, Abi Vickery, Rene Kilner, Ron Roberts

Front of House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Polly Bray

Programme Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Gilbert

Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rene Kilner, Ron Roberts, Jane Edwards, Matt Webber

The ActorsImogen Papworth

Katherine StoneHarriet Brine

Chloe StepneyCharlotte Briggs

Rhian Pugh

Stuart Lyddon

Caroline VaughanCharlie Dorr

Alison JenkinsonKaren Kerslake

Angela Widgery

Rebecca Livermore

Olivia Gentile Katherine WinterAbi Vickery Bethanie Winter

Steph Grafton

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Daisy’s Absolutely Top Hole Treasure Hunting Tips(with thanks to Dick, Douglas, Daniel and Duncan)

Tip 1 : Do it at night and preferably with a chum.

At night you are less likely to be discovered and ultimately sneaked upon by some horrid beastly little rotter. If you have a chum they can keep a look out whilst you crack on with task in hand.

Tip 2 : Obtain a map.

Treasure is almost always either buried or hidden in an old school somewhere. Now, if it’s buried you’re in a spot of bother if you don’t have a map. If this is the case, your best option is to start tapping wall panelsandtestingfloorboardstolookforhiddenpassages(thereisalwaysatleastone).

Tip 3: Remain diplomatic.

Onceyouhavefoundyoursecretpassage(itshouldn’ttakelong)youmayfindyouhavewokenamistress or prefect. They can prove to be a beastly nuisance as they will usually send you back to the dormy with an order mark. Say that you are most awfully sorry, you are treasure hunting, a most seriousbusiness,andthatifyoudonotfinditwithinthenightthenthefutureofthetheSchool/Country/Englandisingreatjeopardy.

Tip 4. Take provisions and instruments.

Thefollowingareabsolutelyessential–pencil,paper,handkerchief,hairpin,blackcloak.

Ahairpincanprovejollyusefulinpickinglocksontrickytrapdoorsandtreasurechests.Ablackcloakcan be rather handy to disguise yourselves and to scare off anyone *who may sneak up from the rear.

(*who may happen across your path.)

Tip 5: Do the right thing.

Once you have found the treasure, report it forthwith to the appropriate authority, so that it can be put tothebestuseforthebenefitofallwithoutfurtherado.

All of the above should save you from getting yourselves into the most beastly funk/ dismal sell, and willensurethatyousetagoodtreasurehuntingexampleforalltofollow.

NB: should you be discovered, return to the dorm, re-group the following night and start again at Tip 1.

Daisy Meredith, Upper Fourth, Grangewood School

Your Editor is always delighted to hear from you, whenever you like to write. His address is “The Schoolgirls’ Own,” The Place, Wilfred Road, Taunton

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UpperSixthHockeyGrangewood 3, Cheltenham 2

Grangewood were back on winning form this week after a triumphant defeat against Cheltenham Ladies College. However, Cheltenhamstartedwithaconfidentstartandwere rewarded an early goal in the opening 5minutes.Despitebeing1-0soquickly,Grangewood picked up their spirits and began to take control of the game. Deputy Captain, Alice Fitzpatrick levelled the score after a splendid tackleinmidfieldpositionanddroveitthroughCheltenham’s defence with an unstoppable shot.Grangewooddidn’trelaxtherethough;it wasn’t long before Diana Jenkins latched ontoanexcellentballandscoredanothergoalfor Grangewood. Due to a poor reaction from Grangewood, Cheltenham managed to slip throughthetightnetteddefencetoequalise.In the last few minutes, Grangewood stole the game with a long shot from Alice Fitzpatrick to Claire Beaumont, who ran the length of the pitch, deceived the goalkeeper and managed to slip the ball pass the keeper to steal the game for Grangewood. Cheltenham didn’t give up and werejollyplayersthroughout.

Clare Beaumont, Head Girl and Sports Captain

Upper Fourth HockeyGrangewoodSchoolforgirlshasdonestiflinglywell this term in our most important season of them all, our hockey season. Our teams have battled through some great competitors, and havebeatenforthefirsttimeWestBeuton(1-0),Richfield(3-1)andLonglake(3-2)teams.

Membersofthefifthformaretrulyproudtohave Clare Beaumont and Alice Fitzpatrick representing them, being by far the strongest team in Grangewood. I am honoured and extremelypleasedtoannouncethesuccessofthisteam,astheyhavereachedthefinaloftheCounty Hockey Championships. I give my upmost happiness for them, and wish them the best of luck as I’m sure the rest of you do. It would be great to see everyone supporting the girls, and to come see Grangewood beat Vearnecombe once andforall!

Belinda Mathieson, Captain of the Upper Fourth

My Christmas Wish List A new pony, I’ve had my old one for over 2 months!

My allowance at the Sweet Shop to go up by 1. at least 3 pounds

4 new dresses, all from Harrods 2.

My own maid at Grangewood (to brush my 3. hair and do a little of my prep for me)

6 framed pictures of me to put around my 4. dressing table

P.S. Daddy if I don’t get at least 4 of these things, I will tell Mummy about the money at the Casino

Sybil Wilby, Fourth Form

Sports Reports

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The School SongIndaysofyorethefemalesex

Of learning they had none

But now thanks to bold pioneers

Education they have won.

Proud girls and women teach and learn

In many a famous hall

But of them all there's none more dear

Than that of Grangewood School.

LongmayyeflourishGrangewoodSchool

Glorious is thy name

Honestaquammagnaisourcall

As we strive to play the game.

Denise Deegan, Old Girl

Poetry CornerMeditations of

Grangewood School for Girls,

How glorious the sight of Grangewood school When we alight at the train station.

How proud and grand it stands, so tall, Asdoesitsfinereputation.

Good girls are we, from good families Who attend this Elizabethan mansion. Never should this change, or become

‘elementary’; Grangewoodneedsnoexpansion!

For the sake of the school, of England, the Empire,

Weshouldmaintainourexcellent‘branding’; As Grangewood scholars are, and ever shall be,

Richandmorallyupstanding!

Sybil Burlington, Vice-Captain, Upper Fourth

PlayUp!There'saexcitedhushinGrangewoodtonight Eleven as one, but a team to win A super pitch and a shining light, Anhourtoplay,butweallmustwin! And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat. Ortheselfishhopeofaseason'sfame, But a captain's stance as she shouts aloud "Playup!andplaythegame!"

Alice Fitzpatrick, Deputy Head Girl

Forgotten Hero Pink petals wrapped in twisting vines

Beautyliesconfined

Once noble age... worthless... crushed beneath their grime.

Praise, bounteous providence that one rose stands unscathed roots embedded in solid rock above the great abyss.

These petals are notes, beauty, class.

These vines are ripe with dirt,

Cheat

As forgotten hero strives to remove elementary sneak

Winnie Irving, Second Form

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Another Christmas family pantomime treat!

Showing on14th - 23rd Jan 20107.30pm

Produced &directed byBrian Epps

Script byLong &

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Sponsored byNigel K Ford

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Tickets £14(£11 concs*)

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*available on selected performances only.

MatineesSat 16th at 2.30pmSun 17th at 1.30pmSun 17th at 5.30pmThurs 21st at 2.30pmSat 23rd at 2.30pm

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This production is entered for

The Phoebe Rees Awards

Founded by Phoebe Rees and run by the Somerset Fellowship of Drama, the competition is open to amateur drama societies and groups in Somerset. Playsareadjudicatedby members of the Fellowship’s committee who also run an annual Original Playwriting Festival and the county’s firstroundoftheAllEngland Theatre Festival, and organise drama training.

The Rose Bowl AwardsFounded by the families of Walter Hawkins and

John Coe, this is now funded through the Quartet Community Foundation, with individual awards sponsored by the Bristol Evening Post.

Amateur operatic and dramatic productions throughout former Avon, Gloucester

andSomersetareassessedbyGODAqualifiedadjudicators.

Coming SoonTauntonThespians’nextmainstageproduction will be an adaptation of Stella Gibbons’ wonderful comic novel Cold Comfort Farm, directed by Jane Burt.

Auditions are being held at The Place in Wilfred Road on the 23rd & 24th of November at 7.30pm.

The following week, there will be a read-through of our County Drama Festival entry, Seascape by Tony Rushton on the 30th of November and 1st of December, with auditions following on the 2nd and 3rd of December

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Julia Apperley

Patricia Attrill

Joanna Marie Bagwell

Michael Barry

David Beach

Tony & Tessa Beaven

Matthew Botten

Penny Bradnum

Polly Bray

Charlotte Briggs

Dona Bullion

John & Carol Burbery

Chloe Burt

Jane Burt

Jason Carter

Thomas Cooney

Hollie Cooper

Ray & Nikki Court

Jon Cozens

Kim Crooks

Barrie & Maureen Dale

Mark & Nicola Dawson

David Doig

Moira Helen Douglas

Anne Dowsey

Jane Dyer

Jane Edwards

Kirsten Farrell

Sylvia Fellgett

Terry Finn

Pamela Fleming

Keith Gibbons

Michael Gilbert

David Goodall

Maggy Goodall

Kate Guest

Ken & Anne Hague

Bryan Hallett

Jennifer Hancock

Lynn Henden

Kate Hinckley

Jean Hole

John Howe

Jill Hughes

Rose Humphreys

Alison Sarah Jenkinson

Martin Jevon

Linda Jevon

Cynthia Jones

Karen Kerslake

Rene Kilner

Richard King

Tony Leach

Michael Leach

Jonathan Leach

Jane Leakey

Sam Lindley

Michael Linham

Clive Linthorne

Stuart Lyddon

Adrian Lynch

Josephine Mann

AlexandraMarshall

Hilary Marshall

Verity Martindill

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David Northey

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