Category: Reviews

2001

David Copperfield

Wimborne Drama,

26th September, 200123rd October, 2023

Following the adventures of its eponymous hero from birth through three decades, this acclaimed stage adaptation presents a plethora of brilliant characters from the original novel.

2000

No Room For Love

Wimborne Drama,

18th October, 200023rd October, 2023

Dr. Garfield arrives at the moderately seedy Lawns Hotel hoping to spend a discreet weekend with his attractive receptionist Michele. Not a chance …

2000

The Crucible

Wimborne Drama,

27th May, 200023rd October, 2023

Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. A small group of girls ‘cry out’ against other people in the town, accusing them of witchcraft, in an attempt to cover up their own dabblings in the occult.

1999

Blithe Spirit

Wimborne Drama,

20th October, 199923rd October, 2023

Charles Condomine, a fussy and cantankerous novelist, has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira.

1999

The Roses of Eyam

Wimborne Drama,

19th May, 199923rd October, 2023

A remarkable true story of a village stricken with plague through the arrival from London of a box of clothing; of the villagers’ determination to prevent its spread and contain the disease.

1999

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

Wimborne Drama,

10th February, 199923rd October, 2023

Lord Arthur Savile’s is engaged to lovely Sybil Merton. Her pet chiromantist Podgers has read Lord Arthur’s palm and foretold he would commit a murder…

1998

Fur Coat and No Knickers

Wimborne Drama,

14th October, 199823rd October, 2023

This play concerns the wedding of Deirdre and Mark, which begins on the stag night when an inebriated Mark is chained to a lamppost with a blow-up rubber doll.

1997

A Kind Of Alaska

Wimborne Drama,

23rd April, 199723rd October, 2023

Deborah was a lively 16-year-old and part of a close-knit family when she fell victim to sleeping sickness. Twenty-nine years later she comes to life.

1995

Room Five Hundred and Four

Wimborne Drama,

24th January, 199523rd October, 2023

Edie reminisces about herself and Harry on their wedding-day in February 1942. That night the couple discover life’s big truths. Next day, Harry will leave for the front, never to return.

1995

Cup Final

Wimborne Drama,

24th January, 199523rd October, 2023

The Polden Players have just left the stage after performing in a local drama festival. The production was a disaster sparks fly while they vent their feelings about the performance.