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.

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