Dear Octopus

April 1951

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About This Production

This production marked the debut of a future professional actor, twelve-year-old Michael Edwards who played the part of Bill. In the early 1960s he joined the Central School of Speech and Drama and afterwards, as Michael Guant, took part in Many T.V. plays, including 'Hazell', 'The Brothers', and 'Lilli' in which he played Lord Randolph Churchill. He also appeared in over 200 stage plays, among them 'The Bed Before Yesterday' at the Plymouth Theatre Royal in 1983.

Cast

Dora Randolph
Maynie Hodson
Charles Randolph
George Preston
Belle Shessinger
Winifred Windatt
Edna Randolph
Mary Vesey
Nicholas Randolph
Trevor Jones
Grace Fenning
Joan Ayres
Kathleen (Scrap) Harvey
Rosemary Edwards
William (Bill) Harvey
Michael Gaunt (as Michael Edwards)
Hilda Randolph
Rosalie Smeeth
Marjorie Harvey
Anita Perkins
Cynthia Randolph
Carmen Manning
Hugh Randolph
Kenneth Fox
Gwen (Flouncy) Harvey
Elizabeth Knapman
Laurel Randolph
Rosemary Samway
Kenneth Harvey
Reg Edgecumbe
Nanny Patching
Gladys Salter
Gertrude
Daisy Rowe

Production Team

Stage Manager
Harold Edwards
Costumes
Phoebe Stanton
Properties
Kate Holloway
Lighting
William Cranch
Librarian
Joy Carnochan
Effects and Music
Ernest Catt
Bookings
Alice Vickery

Programme