Written By
Dodie Smith
Where and When
14th – 16th March 1985 @ The Allendale Centre, Wimborne
The Plot
Dear Octopus is the family from which none of its members are either able or quite willing to escape. And on the occasion of a golden wedding anniversary the children and grandchildren gather to reminisce and acquaint each other more fully with their activities. The life of this English family is shown in terms of the chatter of the youngsters, the careers and nursery memories of the middle-aged and the sense of the swift passing of the years, the sweetness of an old nurse, the minor frictions and abiding loyalty of brothers and sisters, the feast-day toast and the benevolent tyranny of the grandmother, Woven throughout the proceedings is a love story between fenny, companion to Mrs. Randolph, and Nicholas Randolph.
Cast
- Bill Harvey – Nicholas Stevenson
- Fenny – Carolyn Woodward
- Scrap – Vicki Haslem
- Nicholas Randolph – David Green
- Gertrude – Yvonne Goodman
- Dora Randolph – Margaret Pope
- Edna Randolph – Pam Feltham
- Hilda Randolph – Muriel Brooks
- Laurel Randolph – Maria Foreman
- Charles Randolph – Joe Brooks
- Margery Harvey – Jan Stevenson
- Flouncy – Tracey Hare
- Kenneth Harvey – Peter Brooks
- Hugh Randolph – Tony Feltham
- Belle Schlessinger – Joyce Eidmans
- Cynthia Randolph – Tina Barnes
- Nanny – Barbara Trebilco
Creative Team
- Director – Raymonde Grenville
- Stage Manager – Spencer Hare
- ASMs – Sarah Wartnaby, Andrew Thomas and Hugh Brasnett
- Properties – Joyce Eidmans
- Wardrobe – Rosemary Woodward
- Lighting – Roger Grenville
- Sound – Muriel Brooks
- Prompt – June Goulbourn
- Music – Elizabeth Anthong and Mike Stubbs
- Front of House – Daphne Young
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