Mary Blake by Kenneth Galloway
Corfield Hall, Taunton, 15th and 16th June and Bridgwater Town Hall
21st June, 1951.
The story of Somerset, presented by the Somerset
Fellowship of Drama as its contribution to the Festival of Britain.
Across the county, fifteen plays were performed. On Saturday evening
(16th), in honour of the special visit of the Mayor of Taunton and
the Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts, the programme commences with
Taunton’s own anthem, Defendamus.
| Cast | |
| Mary Blake | Margaret Way |
| Sarah Blake (her mother) | Doris Martin |
| Mary Mead (maid of Taunton) | Anne Hocken |
| Elizabeth March (maid of Taunton) | Diana Milton |
| Susan Peck (maid of Taunton) | Marguerite Jenkins |
| Hannah (a maidservant) | Christine Gemmell |
| Richard Musgrave | Kenneth Galloway |
| Reverend Walter Harts | Aubrey French |
| James, Duke of Monmouth | Gerald Rawling |
| Lord Jeffreys | Alex Yandall |
| Briggs (his clerk) | Paul Young |
| Guards | William Sleep, Peter Binks |
| Backstage | |
| Produced by | Kathleen Marfell |
| Set units under the direction of | Sydney Mearing |
| Assisted by | Harry Fry, Peter Binks, Jean South |
| Stage Managers | Sydney Mearing and Paul Young |
| Property Mistress | Olive Shirley |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Phyllis Peel Corbin |
| Lighting | Basil Allen |
| Music | Jill Drowley |
| Stage Director for the committee | Eddie Pain |
| Front of House Management under the direction of | Rex Frost |
| Lighting | Basil Allen |
| Programme Sellers organised by | Mrs Renacre |
| Stewards organised by | Geoffrey Warrington |