A comedy by Peter Blackmore.
Performed by STADS at St. Teilo’s Church Hall, Bishopston on May 8th, 10th & 11th, 1974.
Performed again by STADS in 1982.
Synopsis
Set in the home of the Portal family who live on the south coast of England, Blue Goose is a romantic tale of the sea, light opera, bees, local politics and other foolish things, but definitely no geese!
Director/Producer
- Beryl West
Cast (in order of appearance)
- ‘Margaret’ ~ Jacqueline Baskerville
- ‘Charles Rogers’ ~ Hugh Arnold
- ‘Mrs Elizabeth Portal’ ~ Dorothy Morris
- ‘Anna Portal’ ~ Anita McNamara
- ‘Louise Portal’ ~ Patricia Quick
- ‘Mrs Keppel-Piggott’ ~ Margaret Lloyd
- ‘Henry Portal’ ~ Brian Shaw
- ‘Richard Hardy’ ~ Geoff Badham
- ‘Hubert Briggs’ ~ Sid West
- ‘Mr Guppy’ ~ Michael Shaw
Backstage
- Stage Manager ~ John Lloyd
- Assistant ~ Derek Humphreys
- Sound Effects ~ Bill Payne
- Lighting ~ David Powell
- Props ~ Brenda Jones
- Make-up ~ Pam Taylor
Photos
The Cast
Standing, left to right: Brian Shaw (“Henry”), Jacqueline Baskerville (“Margaret”), Sid West (“Hubert”), Michael Shaw (“Mr Guppy”), Margaret Lloyd (“Mrs Keppel-Piggott”), Geoff Badham (“Richard”).
Sitting, left to right: Hugh Arnold (“Charles”), Anita McNamara (“Anna”), Dorothy Morris (“Elizabeth”), Pat Quick (“Louise”).
Note that the roles of “Hubert”, “Elizabeth”, “Henry”, “Anna” and “Mrs Keppel-Piggott” were all reprised by the same people eight years later in the 1982 production