The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolph Besier
27th – 29th October 1955 at St Francis Theatre, Letchworth

Comedy. Based on the romance between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, and her father’s unwillingness to allow them to marry.

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Cast

Doctor Chambers : Ken Spinks

Elizabeth Moulton-Barrett : Ella Edwards

Wilson : Jacqueline Smedley

Henrietta Moulton-Barrett : Joyce Jones

Arabel Moulton-Barrett : Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Octavius Moulton-Barrett : Stephen Ward

Septimus Moulton-Barrett : Alan Lupton

Alfred Moulton-Barrett : Ken Wilson

Charles Moulton-Barrett : John Waller

Henry Moulton-Barrett : William Pearce

George Moulton-Barrett : John Cruse

Edward Moulton-Barrett : Hugh Bidwell

Bella Hedley : Peggy Timmis

Henry Bevan : James Innes

Robert Browning : John Glass

Doctor Ford-Waterlow : Charles Bygrave

Captain Surtess Cook : Dick Buckstone

“Flush” : “Timothy of Ware”

Crew

Producer : Gwen Spinks

Stage Manager : Percy Simmonds

Costumes : Aubrey Samuels, St Christopher School, Settlement Wardrobe

Wardrobe : Kathleen White, Pat Lister

House Manager : Charles Bygrave

Business Manager : Hugh Bidwell