THE OLDLAND PLAYERS
Founded in 1967 the Oldland Players are a group in the Bristol area, who've been creating quality community theatre for over 50 years.
1994
Trial & Error - Little Women
'Trial & Error'
by Kenneth Horne
April 1994
Synopsis
"Trial & Error" involves a marriage mix-up in which the sea gives up one of its "dead"in the form of a very-much-alive young husband, who arrives just in time to share the wedding night with his "widowed" wife and her new spouse
Cast
Mrs O.Connor {The housekeeper} (Audrey Mitchell); Dudley {A visitor} (Mark Jenkins); Claude {The Bridegroom} (Jim McLaughlin); Andrea {The Bride} (Kit Johnson); Gertrude {The Aunt} (Kay Trenchard); Briggs {The girl reporter} (Sarah McKenna); Ron {A press photographer} (June Berrie)
Director: John Mills
'Little Women'
by Louisa M Alcott
November 1994
Synopsis
The play begins that memorable Christmas when Marmee leaves to visit her sick husband and Jo sells her beautiful hair to help finance the trip. It ends just a year later when the happy family is again preparing to celebrate not only Christmas but also the return of Mr. March. In between these two events, we again live, laugh, love and cry with Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth as they go through the many trials and tribulations that have made this story a classic.
Cast
Amy (Louise Walford); Beth (Vanessa Brett); Jo (Rebecca Walford); Meg (Jill Gregory); Hannah (June Berrie); Mrs. March {Mama} (Jill Lawford); Aunt March (Kay Trenchard); Laurie (Matthew Dickens); John Brooke (Jim Mclaughlin); Mr. Laurence (Dave Walford); Mr. March (John Mills)
Director: Kit Johnson