Written By
Terence Frisby
Where and When
April 1976 @ The Allendale Community Centre, Wimborne
The Plot
Celebrity chef Robert Danvers, a food and wine connoisseur and middle-aged Lothario, thinks he has women figured out. At a party he meets Marion, a young, sexually liberated woman who, refreshingly, sees something else in him. Their new romance bubbles along smoothly, considering the contrast between sophisticated gourmet and the modish girl. Robert finds himself falling in love permanently, but complications arise when a young musician/linoleum layer reclaims Marion’s heart.
Cast
- Robert Danvers – David Green
- Clare Doralton-Finch – Elizabeth Knight
- Andrew Hunter – Robert Kenny
- Porter – Ian Corcoran
- Paola – Jacqueline Anthony
- Marion – Jane Tranter
- Jimmy – Spencer Hare
Reviews
Tut-Tuts Turned to Titters
Some of Wimborne’s older ladies sat in stunned silence as Wimborne Drama Club, previously noted for it’s “Agatha Christies”, plunged daringly into There’s A Girl In My Soup.
This comic love story is a little bit on the saucy side and the audience had never heard so many references to bed and its associations on a Wimborne stage. But as the production wore on the tuts changed to titters. And by time Marion (played by the gorgeous Jane Tranter) and gourmet chef Robert (David Green) were leaping around in their underwear midway through Act Two, the old ladies were hooting with laughter.
The club using six young newcomers in a cast of seven took a chance in dropping their usual traditional plays to put on this modern comedy. It was a gamble which paid off handsomely . The production, for all its rough edges was outrageously funny – an aim not always achieved by amateur groups playing modern comedies.
The only sad aspect was the pitifully small audience the opening performance attracted. Hopefully there will be more to enjoy the frolics tonight. The newcomers to the club provided producer Thelma Dryden with a marvellous array of talent with which to work.
David Green was ideal in the leading male role, and Spencer Hare was brilliantly funny in the part of Jimmy the scruffy young pop drummer who expects two girls to welcome the chance to share his bed since it means they can also share the housework. Spencer (30) has not been on the stage for 12 years. It looked as though he was born and raised on it.
Leading lady Jane Tranter, in real life a model and, from Monday, air hostess clearly enjoyed her part. “Trouble is I’m forgetting my lines – you see I’ve just got this new modelling contract and I’m excited about it” she gasped. “It was a gamble putting this on. It was a lewd play and we expected some tut-tuts. but they laughed”.
Also in the cast are Liz Knight, Bob Kenny, Ian Corcorsan and Jacqueline Anthony.
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