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Past Productions
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February 22nd - February 26th 1994 The Marlowe Players presented The Roses Of Eyam by Don Taylor "Ring a ring of roses a pocket full of posies atishoo, atishoo,we all fall down" A remarkable and true story of a village stricken with plague through the arrival from London of a box of clothing; of the villagers determination, under the persuasions of the present and former Rectors, to prevent its spread by remaining within the village and containing the desease at the certain risk of their own lives; of the human tragedies and even comedies that ensued; of the idealism and the courage required to live with that idealism. Period 1666. |
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PLAGUE
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"Plague is a bacterial infection of animals and man called byyersnia pestis...The infection has explosive epidemic potential and has been a mass killer of populations throughout history. Mortality is high in untreated cases, but antibiotic treatment given early in the disease markedly reduces fatalities." (Thomas Butler) |
| "Most cases of plague in man, even in the great epidemics, come indirectly to him from the wild. There is an intermediate host. The black rat lives close to man in his house, outbuildings or workplace. The brown rat lives in his sewers and has contact with the black rat and with wild rodents. When the rat dies the flea that gave it plague must find a new living host, and that host may be man." |
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"Plague comes from plaga, a blow. To the Romans it came as a bolt or blast hurled by one of their angered Gods, and later it was accepted by Christians too as an agony sent down on them for their shortcomings. To Mohammedans it was a martyrdom or mercy related to the Jihad or Holy War. When it gained stength to spread to the west it was the Black Death or La Morte Nera. In modern times it has come under control, but when it breaks out, it kills again. (A.B. Christie) |
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"A flea, a rat, a bacillus and man: given that quartet and plague will circulate among them." |
"Many a mile comes plague, a winged wolf." (Shelley) |
| Directed by.......................................Laura Hetherington | |
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William Mompesson...........Richard Stevenson Sir George Saville......................Tony Whitley Catherine Mompesson.....................Sue Orme The Bedlam.................................Richard Mills Old Unwin.................................David Walford Andrew Merril.............................Mike Asprey Marshal Howe........................Adrian Wickens Thomas Stanley..........................John Woolley Rowland Torre.................Jeffrey Di-Dominico George Vicars................................Peter Raby Colonel Bradshaw.......................Colin French Mrs Bradshaw......................Marjorie Howarth A Carter......................................David Wright Richard Sydall.............................Martin Illston Mrs Sydall...............................Anthea Blundell Emmot Sydall......................Kathryn Werbinski Sarah Sydall................................Claire Bolton |
Isaac Thornley...............................Alan Morton Marianne Thornley......................Pauline Green Edward Thornley........................Mark Johnson Elizabeth Thornley.......................Pam Burrows Edytha Torre...................................Vida Ayres Lydia Torre.................................Tracy Hanson Alice Torre...................................Janet Townes Scythe Torre.......................................Del Pabla Mrs Cooper.....................................Val Whitley Edith Cooper...........................Jenny McDonald Jane Cooper..............................Jessica Redfern George Mower...............................Robert Gray William Hancocke...........................Dean Davis Alice Hancocke..............................Tanya Guest Elizabeth Hancocke....................Audrey Warne Mrs Hancocke............................Wendy Walker George Frith...................................Steve Pryce Frances Frith................................Wendy Nutty Mary Frith...................................Holly Townes |
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Stage Manager...............Raymond Gumbley Properties...........Wendy Nutty, Steve Pryce Wardrobe........Val Whitley, Carole Wheatley (Costumes from Abbotsholme School and Marlowes Wardrobe) Continuity......Charlotte Walford, Pat Adams Lighting.................Tony Whitley, Dean Davis Sound..............................................Gil Townes |
Set Design............Gil Townes, Frank Grundy Historical Research.......................Val Whitley Music/Choreography...............David Walford .............................Suzanne Illston, Val Whitley Photography....................................Dean Davis Artists.................Stephen Coley, David Evans .........................................................Debra Yates Technical Assistants...Nick Beric, Jim Lawson |