Directed by Stan Harbidge
Production Manager Jon Jones
The Cast (in order of speaking) |
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| Mabel | Annette Ayres |
| Lady Matheson | Christine Harbidge |
| Mrs Railton-Bell | Sue Terry |
| Miss Meacham | Tina Warrington |
| Doreen | Ailsa Pearce |
| Mr Fowler | Bill Sylvester |
| Mrs Shankland | Sarah Taylor |
| Miss Cooper | Sally Anderson |
| Mr Malcolm | David Darby |
| Charles Stratton | Ben Chilvers |
| Jean Tanner | Katherine Buttfield |
then in Table Number Two |
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| Major Pollock | David Darby |
| Sybil Railton-Bell | Sarah Taylor |
| Other residents | Rose Keen |
| Madeline Clarke | |
Separate Tables is the collective name of two one-act plays written by Sir Terence Rattigan, both taking place in the Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth in the 1950’s. The first play, entitled "Table Number One", focuses on the troubled relationship between a disgraced Labour politician and his ex-wife. The second play, "Table Number Two", is set about eighteen months after the events of the previous play, and deals with the touching friendship between a repressed spinster and a retired English army officer, Major Pollock. Rattigan wished the two principal roles in both plays to be portrayed by the same actors while the other characters - permanent residents, the hotel's manager, and members of the staff - appear in both plays.
Table Number One |
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Scene 1 |
The Dining Room - Winter’s evening |
Scene 2 |
The Lounge - Later that evening |
Scene 3 |
The Dining Room - The following morning |
20 minute Interval |
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Table Number Two |
18 months later |
Scene 1 |
The Lounge - Summer’s Afternoon |
Scene 2 |
The dining room - Same day - Dinner time |
The Production Team |
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| Stage Manager | Terry Hall |
| Prompt | Jon Jones |
| Properties | Carol Radford |
| Val Culm | |
| Anna Hodkin | |
| Sound & Light | Clive Holland |
| Terry Hall | |
| Bob Terry | |
| Set Design | David Darby |
| Stan Harbidge | |
| Set Construction | Group Members |
| Publicity | Jon Jones |
| Annette Ayres | |
| Ticket Sales | Christine Harbidge |
| Front of House / Refreshments | Group Members |
| Photography | Stan Harbidge |
