 The Semi-Circle English Language Theatre in Basel since 1975 |
May Production 1989 - "Bus Stop" by Rae Shirley, "Postal Order" by Roland Pertwee, "From Here to the Library" by Chimmie Chinn
"Bus Stop" by Rae Shirley Woman 1 Doreen Richter Woman 2 Joan Kuster Mrs Hickery Sonia Dell Mrs Finney Rosanna Niklaus Anita Caroline Weisskopf Fiona Helen Baldomero The Bookworm Lisa Nixon The scene is (of course) a bus stop in as small provinial town. The bus is (of course) late!! "Postal Orders" by Roland Pertwee Miss Budd, the Manageress Doreen Richter Miss Evans, an Assistant Lisa Llyod Williams Miss Parker, an Assistant Helen Baldomero Gladys Graham Caroline Weisskopf Ralph Wayne Paul Schmid In the Post Office. In comes Ralph who confides to the staff that his fiancée believes tha he has been unfaithful to he and has decided to marry another man. He tells them that she will come to the Post Office to send an urgent message to this man, accepting his proposal of marriage before his imminant departure for Australia. Ralph is desperately waiting for proof of his innocence and pleads with the staff of the Post Office to delay the sending of Miss Grahams' message ... "From Here to the Library" by Jimmie Chinn Beryl Tidy Joy Scherer Mr. Gostilow Oscar Baldomero Dad Graham Simons Beryl Tidy works at the library, under a new boss, Mr Gostilow, who has moved to the north from London. Beryl's private life is dominated by her elderly and irascible father, who demands all her attention: the library is her only escape. So when Beryl throws an uncharacteristic fit of temper at work, then goes home and fails to return, Mr Gostilow visits her to find out why . . . |
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