She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith    11 – 13 November 1999

An 18th century comedy of manners. Kate Hardcastle is a young lady fixed up to meet the eligible Marlow with a view to marriage.  Marlow is a young gent who is tongue-tied with the upper classes and downright lecherous with commoners.  So when Marlow is tricked into believing Kate’s ancestral home is a country inn, and mistakes Kate for a lowly barmaid what could possibly go wrong.

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 Cast

Mrs Hardcastle : Pat Phillips

Mr Hardcastle : Peter Fleming

Tony Lumpkin : Phillip Bell

Kate Hardcastle : Meg Musto

Constance Neville : Claire Fleming

Fellows at the Inn : John Elson, John Baskerville, Peter Harris

Landlord : John Moules

Marlow : Jon Newham

Hastings : Douglas Harding

Diggory : John Moules

Roger : John Elson

Pimple : Kath Haverson

Jeremy : Peter Harris

Sir Charles Marlow : Ray Bromelow

Servant : John Baskerville

 Crew

Director : Diana Evans

Stage Manager : Pat Baskerville

Lighting : Peter Fleming, Mark Fleming

Sound : Peter Harris

Prompt : Joyce Elson

Costumes : Ruth Ferguson

Properties : Margaret Bachini

Set construction : David Fyfe, John Elson, William Heaton, Michael Inskeep, John Baskerville

Backcloth painted by : Claire Fleming