'The Merry Wives Of Windsor'
& 'Othello'
venue
Derby Playhouse
Dates
1st - 13th March 1971
Directors
Pat Laurie & Barbara Pipes
As was the custom at the time in March 1971 we presented our 'Shakespeare Festival' - two back-to-back productions in consecutive weeks at the old Derby Playhouse in Sacheveral Street.
This was the sixth outing for 'The Merry Wives Of Windsor' and the fourth for 'Othello' since the company was formed in 1908.
We hope to be able to add more information and photographs from this production soon.
Crew
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Director - Pat Laurie
Settings - Eleanor Ross
Lighting - Dennis Eddowes
Stage Director - Ruth Turner
Stage Manager - Barbara Toy
Sound - Pat Laurie & Tony Eycott
Wardrobe - Jean Wheeler, Sybil Gamble & Dorothy Turner
Properties - Mary Willis
Make-up - Jean Gyte & Members of the company
Prompter - Doris Knight
OTHELLO
Director - Barbara Pipes
Design - Percy Pickering
Lighting - Dennis Eddowes
Stage Director - Jean Wood
Sound Technician - Tony Johnson
Wardobe - Jean Wheeler, Sybil Gamble & Dorothy Turner
Properties - Mary Willis
Make-up - Enid Clarke & Members of the company
Prompters - Dorothy Milsom & Jean Henderson
Stage Manager - Percy Pickering
Cast
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Robin - Michael Kirk
Pistol - Kenneth Pipes
Bardolph - Bill Goodhead
Nym - Andrew Berry
Shallow - Richard Carter
Slender - Christopher Dodd
Evans - Keith Briars
Page - Eric Dicken
Falstaff - Eric Spencer
Anne Page - Carolyn O'Brien
Simple - John Blackwall
Mistress Ford - Jessica Clewes
Mistress Page - Peggie Williamson
Host - William Pottier
Mistress Quickly - Joan Garratt
Rugby - Stephen Rouse
Caius - Keith Garratt
Fenton - Paul Carpenter
Ford - Patrick Beck
John - Kenneth Pipes
Robert - Richard Blackwall
Servants & Citizens Of Windsor - Maureen Berry, Richard Blackwall, Jane Carter, Mary Carter, Pat Hough, Barbara Toy, Ann Toy & Mary Willis
OTHELLO
Duke Of Venice - Frank Garratt
Brabantio - Tom Jelley
Gratiano - Derek Palmer
Lodovico - Ian Arnot
Senator - Tony Rees
Othello - Kenneth Collier
Cassio - John Goddard
Iago - Donald Potter
Roderigo - Hugh Price
Messenger - David Draycott
Sailor - Norman Whitmore
Montano - Grahame Dear
Cypriot Gentlemen & Soldiers - Phillip Ottewell, James Pickering & Nen Vukovic
Servants, Soldiers & Attendants - David Draycott, Percy Pickering, Ralph Tingle & Norman Whitmore
Desdemona - Jane Stone
Emilia - Marjorie Minchin
Bianca - Jill Cocke
Townswomen & Attendants - Enid Clarke, Sally Cooper & Edna Sillitoe