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Big Bad Mouse
A Farce by Philip King and
Falkland L. Cary
Produced by Carol Ardley |
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Cast |
| Fiona Jones |
Aisling Tigwell |
| Harold Hopkins |
Tom Miller |
| Miss Spencer |
Penny Kenward |
| Mr. Price-Hargraves |
Steve Hill |
| Mr. Bloome |
Roland Garrad |
| Lady Chesapeake |
Sue Duffy |
| Doris Povey |
Alice Tigwell |
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| The action takes
place in the Orders Office of Chunkibix Limited over a
three-day period in December. |
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Synopsis
In the Orders Office of Chunkibix Ltd., it is
decidedly Mr. Price-Hargraves who gives the orders and little Mr.
Bloome who obeys them. Until, that is, Mr. Bloome is one day
astonishingly accused of chasing a young female person across
Wandsworth Common. To his and Mr. Price-Hargraves' amazement this
reprehensible conduct, so far from consigning Mr. Bloome to outer
darkness, makes him the hero of every woman and girl in the office,
not least Price-Hargraves' hitherto devoted secretary Miss Spencer.
So glorious is Bloome's transformation, in fact, that when the young
person in question discovers she has made a mistake in her identification, Bloome is the reverse of
pleased, and determines to keep her
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The Tigwell sisters, Aisling (above) and
Alice (left) hit Fairlight in this light-hearted nonsense play
which, when first performed in London starred Jimmy Edwards in the
role of Mr. Price-Hargraves, while Eric Sykes was the unlikely hero,
Mr. Bloome. |
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| This lovely picture below shows the cast with some of
the backstage crew, including rarely seen glimpses of Bobbie
Crossman (second left), John Veness (at the back - testing the
reflection of the lights on his head) and Les Hall (second right).
Carol Ardley, the producer of the play, is seated between the
Tigwell sisters. |
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