Our Town

Our Town by Thornton Wilder  23rd-25th May 1963

A metatheatrical three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover’s Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens.

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Cast

Stage Manager : Edward Falcon

Dr. Gibbs : Albert Claydon

Howie Newsome : Eric Oldham

Mrs Gibbs : Joyce Jones

Mrs Webb : Valerie Coles

George Gibbs : Michael Southgate

Rebecca Gibbs : Jacqueline Cresswell

Wally Webb : Kenneth Grahame Plinston

Emily Webb : Sheelah Killourhy

Mr Webb : John Elson

Simon Stimson : John Cruse

Mrs Soames : Joan Dixon

Constable Warren : Harry Kemp

Sam Craig : Eric Warriner

Joe Stoddard : Joe Platten

Also : Betty Bryant, Agnes Lyons, Diana Watson, James Innes

Crew

Producer : Barry Whitehead

Stage Manager : Percy Simmonds

Lighting : David Fyfe

Sound effects : Douglas Tate

Church music arranged and played by : Mrs R. Ulrich