Directed by: Keith Jefferies
Genre: Comedy Farce
Group: BHTC
Staged: The Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
Norma Somerville
Nancy Fordike
Barbara Chamberlain
Ena Barron
Rodney Nash
Keith Jefferies
Peter Case
Helen Cox
Jim Towell
Cast
Synopsis:
A classic mainstream old-style West End comedy - Wedding Day chaos with the Hornett family. Emma Hornett is a domestic tyrant, domineering, house-proud, self-righteous to a fault - and she continuously bullies her ferret-fancier husband Henry and his live-in spinster sister, Edie. Worst of all, she is not amused when her precious daughter chooses orphan sailor Albert Tufnell as a prospective husband. Sparks fly and worms turn as they battle it out in this classic comedy!
PLAYWRIGHTS: Philip King & Falkland Cary wrote 'Sailor Beware in 1958. As well as writing independently and in partnership with others, King and Cary co-wrote a number of other plays, some of which continued the nautical theme: 'Watch it Sailor' (1961) (Sequel to Sailor Beware) and 'Rock-A-Bye Sailor!' (1963)
Programme & Press Reviews
Production Date: October 1973
Emma Hornet
Edie Hornet
Mrs. Lack
Daphne Pink
Albert Tuftnell A B
Carnoustic Bligh A B
Henry Hornet
Shirley Hornet
Reverend Purefoy
Asst. Producer
Stage Manager
Set Designer
Lighting & Effects
Prompt
Properties
Wardrobe
Front of House Manager
Publiicity
Rick Peckham
Anthony Hole
Anthony White
Daid Bensusan & Mike Pate
Joan Collins
Kathleen Meggs & Brenda Keyes
Elizabeth Batten, Audrey Wilshaw &
Anne Fairall
Fred Richings
Christine Batsford & Joan O'Meara
Crew
SAILOR BEWARE
Playwright: Philip King & Falkland Cary
BHTC Production Number: 77
