THE SLEEPING PRINCE
Programme & Press Cuttings
Production Date: October 1984
Directed by: Nancy Forsdike
Genre: Romantic Drama
Group: BHTC
Staged: The Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
SYNOPSIS:
The Grand Regent Prince Charles intends to spend the evening before his coronation with a chorus girl, but when Mary Morgan arrives the liason goes disastrously wrong. Mary realises how lonely these aristocrats are and the Regent responds to her simple philosophy by saying that everything can be solved by adding a little more love. In true fairy tale style they fall in love - but even fairy tales have to end...
PLAYWRIGHT: Terence Rattigan (June 10, 1911 – November 30, 1977) was one of England's most important 20th century dramatists. For a decade after the Second World War, he was one of England's leading playwrights, but the eruption of the "kitchen sink" school of English drama in the mid-1950s scuttled his critical reputation. This play was made into a film in 1957, but renamed 'The Prince & The Showgirl' starring Marilyn Monroe & Laurence Olivier, which he also directed.
Crew
Cast
Playwright: Terence Rattigan
THE SLEEPING PRINCE
Tim Kendell
Margaret Coveney
Peter Coveney
Richard Griffin, Jeremy Hole
& John Hurst
Elizabeth Batten
Tim Kendell & Terry Thompsett
Nancy Forsdike
Sarah Jane Blaber
Margaret Coveney
Elizabeth Lorentzen
Frank Oakley
Eileen Cook
Elizabeth Batten
1st Footman
2nd Footman
Peter
Mary
The Major-Domo
The Butler
The Regent
King Nicolas
The Grand Duchess
The Countess
The Baroness
The Archduchess
Princess Louisa
Carpathian Maids
Tim Kendell
Robin Blaxland
James Towell
Susannah Jupp
Anthony Hole
Keith Jeferies
Charles Lewis
Paul Wigzell
Jane Josephs
Maureen Thomas
Pearl White
Sheila Wells
Jagqui Somerville
Carol Brewer-Welsby
Rebecca Muggeridge
Norma Somerville
Stage Manager
DeputyStage Manager
Technical Manager
Technical Team
Set Design
Set Construction
Wardrobe
Properties
Continuity
Box Office
Front of House Administrator
Gypsy Violin Music
Choreography for Carpathian Maids
BHTC Production Number: 127
