London Suite
Written by
Neil Simon
Directed for Actonians
by
Ann Aplin
, Di Pardoe
& Michelle Pawley
Synopsis
A comedy telling four separate stories about relationships; all taking place in the same suite of a London Hotel overlooking Hyde Park. A sedate place until the following characters check in.
- An inebriated Welsh writer and his agent.
- A widow accompanied by her daughter, who spends her last evening in London with a rich Scotsman.
- An Oscar winning actress and her, now divorced, bi-sexual husband who are seeing each other for the first time in years; a bitter-sweet tale.
- A married couple from New York who have lost their tickets to Wimbledon and are now in danger of losing their suite to Kevin Costner.
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Credits
| Cast 1 - Settling Accounts | |
|---|---|
| Role | Person |
| Briony | Sue Anstey |
| Billy | Stewart White |
| Cast 2 - Going Home | |
| Role | Person |
| Lauren | Gemma Perrett |
| Mother | Sarah Godsell |
| Cast 3 - Diana & Sidney | |
| Role | Person |
| Diana | Rebekah Grose |
| Sidney | Mike Schofield |
| Grace | Nic Harvey |
| Cast 4 - The Man on the Floor | |
| Role | Person |
| Mark | Nick Sharp |
| Annie | Lin Bowden |
| Mrs Sitgood | Sarah McMahon |
| Bellman | Gabriel Marriage |
| Dr McMerlin | Rachel Taylor |
| Crew | |
| Role | Person |
| Director 1 | Di Pardoe |
| Director 2 | Michelle Pawley |
| Director 3 and 4 | Ann Aplin |
| Stage Manager | Jenny McDowell |
|
Prompt
|
Di Roper-Marshall
Richard Pawley |
| Set design and painting | Maureen Blake |
|
Set construction
|
Steve Anstey
Richard Stanway June Schofield |
| Sound | Peter Carlin |
| Lighting | Mark Whitehouse |
|
Props
|
Gaynor Clark
Christine Rogers Margaret Bulmer |
|
Costumes
|
Marion Hill
Cast |
| Bar Manager | |
| Front of House Manager | Gaynor Clark |
| Box Office | Debby Ashton |
| Photographer | Ray Bulmer |
| Flower Arrangements | Teresa Norton |