1972

November

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Waiting In The Wings

A Play in Three Acts by Noel Coward

Produces by Leslie Fawkes

	Cast
	Bonita Belgrave	Joan French
	Cora Clarke*	Marjorie Browne
	Maud Melrose*	Lydia Perry
	May Davenport*	Dorothy Snowball
	Almina Clare*	Jade St. Cyr
	Estelle Craven*	Joan Ketley
	Deirdre O'Malley	Marjorie Vandervord
	Perry Lascoe (the secretary)	Michael Mepham
	Sylvia Archibald (the Superintendent)	Suzanne Spear
	Mr. Osgood Meeker	Bert Moore
	Lotta Bainbridge	Binkie Holmes
	Dora (her dresser)	Pat Wyn
	Doreen (the maid)	Anne Graham
	Sarita Myrtle (a resident)	Lilian Webb
	Zelda Fenwick ( a journalist)	Sally Kinnes
	Dr. Jevons	"Leslie"
	Allan Bennet (Lotta's son)	Jan Skilton
	Topsy Baskerville	Eveline Fawkes
	* residents of "The Wings"

Anne Graham as Doreen, the maid Numbering eighteen in total, I think this is probably the largest cast seen on the Fairlight stage to date, and bearing in that the Players were still confined to the small hall, it must have been a bit of a squeeze. Having recruited a new young cast for the Spring play, this one switches to the opposite end of the spectrum, being based in the lounge of "The Wings", a charity home for retired actresses. This necessitated bringing Jade St. Cyr out of "retirement" ... her last part with the Players had been in the 1961 production of "Count Your Blessings".

The programme lists the part of the doctor as being played by "A.N.Other". However, a scribbled note in Dorothy Snowball's script names him as "Leslie" ... presumably Leslie Fawkes (the producer) or possibly Leslie Hulf.