A Passionate Woman
by Kaye Mellor
In 1950s Yorkshire, Betty Stevenson, a married mother of one, falls in love with her Polish neighbour, Alex Crazenovski aka “Craze.” The two begin an affair and Craze sends a letter to Betty asking her to run away with him. She responds in kind and her letter is found by Craze’s pregnant wife, who promptly seeks him out at the fairground where he works and shoots him dead. With her lover dead, Betty continues her life with husband Donald and baby Mark.
The story then moves forward to the 1980s as Mark gets married and her affair becomes public knowledge
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Cast & Crew
Cast
Betty ………………………………………………………………….Sue Radcliffe
Mark ………………………………………………………….Dominic Peberdy
Craze ………………………………………………………………….Shane Barry
Donald …………………………………………………….. Jon Comyn-Platt
Jo …………………………………………. Lucinda Mann, Emma Sykes
Stage
Director …………………………………………………………….Melvyn Bates
Set design ……………………………………… Melvyn Bates, Ken Wright
Set construction …………………………………………………Keith Begley,
………………………………………………………Jan Wieringa, Verity Mann
Stage manager ……………………………………………………..Paul Hilton
Lighting …………………………………………………………David Plowright
Sound …………………………………………………Luke Settle, Jake Scott
Props ……………………………………Helen Tinker, Charlotte Coleman
Costume ……………………………………………..Edwina Rigby, the cast
Prompt & PA ………………………………………………………Anne Wright
