archive 1959

Starting on Monday 23 December
A Man About the House
by John Perry
from the novel by Francis Brett Young

The action of the play takes place in the living room of the Villa Castello Inglese, Monfalcone, Italy, in 1908.

Artistic Credits
Director: James Gillhouley
Designer: Michael Annals

Theatre Credits
Stage Director: Anthony Poole
Stage Manager: Stuart Anderson
Assistant Stage Managers: George Rutland and Ann Parker
Stage Assistant: Christopher Beeching
Electrician: Michael Barnwell
Carpenter: Harold Brooks

Cast
Salvatore Ferraro: David Sumner
Assunta: Jill Johnson
Ronnie Sanctuary: Ronald Scott-Dodd
Maria: Beryl Richardson
Carolina: Marilyn Thomas
Antonino: Jess Conrad
Agnes Isit: Anne Robson
Ellen Isit: Maureen Tracey
Sir Benjamin Dench: Ronald Falk
Mrs Spettigue: Barbara Ogilvie
Mr Potter: Andrew Lieven

Act 1
Scene 1: Afternoon in March
Scene 2: Three days later. Early afternoon

Interval of Twelve minutes

Act 2
Scene 1: One month later at night
Scene 2: The following July. Afternoon

(The curtain is lowered during Act Two, Scene 1, to indicate the passing of one hour)

Interval of Ten minutes

Act 3
A month later. Late afternoon.