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SUMMARY:Half in Ernest
DESCRIPTION:by Vivian Ellis\n																										\nCast & Crew\nCast\n in order of appearanceAlgernon ….Chesney TalbotLane ….Stephen HendrenJack ….Mike McCawLady Bracknell ….Anne WrightGwendolyn ….Rachel HarrisonCecily ….Helen DawsonMiss Prism ….Margaret ThompsonDr. Chasuble…. Brent AndrewsMerriman ….Ken Wright\nCrew\nDirector Nita BennettMusical director Peter WakefieldChoreographer Kay LilleyPianists Christine GrindrodGillian Barker Set design & decor Sally McKeeConstruction David McKee, Richard & Mandy Thackray, Tim Smith, Reg Guerin, Terry FoleyStage manager Stephen Hendren, Ken WrightLighting Brian HiltonSound Sam Winterbottom, Ian ShepherdVideo links John ButterworthWardrobe June Holmes, Patricia RedshawProps Ann HiltonPrompt Edwina Rigby, Norma KilpatrickP.A. Anne Wright \nDirector’s Note\nThis glorious musical adaptation of Oscar Wildes classic The Importance of Being Earnest, sees John Worthing – Jack in the country, but Earnest in the city, attempting to overcome the fearsome Lady Bracknell, and his own humble origins, and win the hand of Gwendoline Fairfax\nJohn Worthing, who calls himself Jack in the country but Earnest in town, wants to marry Gwendolen Fairfax, daughter of the formidable Lady Bracknell.  \nWorthing’s background is so obscure – as a baby he was found in a handbag at London’s Victoria Station – that Lady Bracknell strongly objects to the marriage.  \nHis friend in London, Algernon Moncrierff, discovers the whereabouts of Worthing’s country estate on which lives his pretty young ward, Cecily Cardew.  \nShe is under the tutelage of the governess, Miss Prism.  The important question is whether Worthing is, or not, called Earnest, because Gwendolen would never marry anyone whose name was not Earnest.  Eventually comes the revelation that Worthing is actually the son of Lady Bracknell’s sister.  \nHe was left in the handbag through the absentmindedness of the governess.  \nHis name is Earnest John Moncrieff and he is therefore the brother of his friend Algernon.  \nMarriages are planned between Cecily and Algernon and Miss Prism and Dr Chasuable. Gwendolen feels able to marry Worthing because his name really is Earnest and he knows for the first time in his life the vital importance of being Earnest.  (In addition to the familiar character of the well-known comedy, a small chorus is required to augment the singing, occupying what appears to the audience as two theatre boxes on each side of the stage.) \nReview by Jude Gidney\nSaddleworth Players last did a musical (Gigi) in 2000 and thought it was long overdue to do another.\nSaddleworth Players last did a musical (Gigi) in 2000 and thought it was long overdue to do another.\nThey have selected ‘Half is Earnest’, a musical adaptation of ‘The Importance Of Being Earnest’ by Oscar Wilde. The dialogue is very true to the book – handbag, Victoria Station and all that – and the music is of its period, 1950s.\nVivian Ellis was a musical genius who produced many songs and musicals in the 1920s and 30s. ‘Spread a Little Happiness’ from ‘Mr. Cinders’ is perhaps the most famous but he also wrote’ Coronation Scot’, the theme music for ‘Paul Temple’ in the famous radio series.\n Half in Earnest dates from 1958 when Ellis decided to join the then current vogue for ‘little’ musicals such as ’Salad Days’, ‘Free As Air’ and ‘Boyfriend’. The music is ‘catchy’, splendid, clever lyrics and great entertainment. The show was last performed in this part of the world by Crompton Stage Society (Playhouse 2) in the 1970s.\nIn their version the cast is exactly as the play, Lady Bracknell is in the very safe hands of Anne Wright, Cicely (her daughter) – Rachel Harrison, Gwendolen – Helen Dawson; the two suitors, Algernon and Jack are played by Chesney Talbot and Mike McCaw, both members of the very popular fundraising group, Musical Friends. The cause of all the trouble Miss Prism, is Maragaret Thompson. Brent Andrews is the Rev, Chasuble and the butlers are Ian Crickett and Stephen Hendren.\nThe super ‘art nouveau’ set is by Sally McKee and the ladies’ costumes are being made in-house. The director is award-winner Nita Bennett from Mossley, Musical Director is Peter Wakefield and choreographer is Kay Lilley.\n\n			#gallery-3 {\n				margin: auto;\n			}\n			#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n				float: left;\n				margin-top: 10px;\n				text-align: center;\n				width: 33%;\n			}\n			#gallery-3 img {\n				border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n			}\n			#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n				margin-left: 0;\n			}\n			/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */\n		\n\n\n				\n			\n\n\n\n				\n			\n\n\n\n				\n			\n\n\n\n\n				\n			\n\n				Chesney Talbot & Mike McGraw\n				\n\n\n\n				\n			\n\n				Helen Dawson\n				\n\n			\n							\n									\n							\n									\n
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