Taunton Thespians Archive - past productions

Housemaster by Ian Hay

Odeon Theatre, Taunton, 17th – 19th December, 1945.
This play is the source of the phrase Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?
Cast
Charles Donkin Percy Olds
Bimbo Faringdon David Webster
Victor Beamish James Golsworthy
Frank Hastings Aubrey French
Ellen Irene Wyatt
Barbara Fane Nancy Welby
Button Faringdon Ann Way
Matron Audrey Foss
Rosemary Faringdon Edna Hackshall
Chris Faringdon Barbara Jefford
Philip de Pourville Reg Viveash
Flossie Nightingale Patrick Hobbs
The Reverend Edmund Ovington Ulick Huntington
Sir Berkeley Nightingale Leslie Hender
Travers David Trump
Pop Michael Scott
Old Crump Maurice Rothschild
Backstage
Produced by Percy Olds in association with Aubrey French
Stage Director Leonard Meux
Stage Manager Alec Goulding
Assistant Stage Managers Elisabeth Taylor and Clifford Starr
Wardrobe Mistress Kay Meux
Scenery designed and constructed by Leonard Meux, with the assistance of Kay Meux, Nancy Perratt, A Colynes, J Lock, W E Ridley, W P J Grose, G J Morgan, R G Taylor, R M Jory, H Jenkins, P T Young, W A Westcott