67th Production
Diplomatic Baggage
By John Chapman
30th April - 4th May 1968
John Chapman has become famous through his association with Brian Rix and the Whitehall Theatre company and ‘Diplomatic Baggage’ is one of the very best of its type. It concerns the misadventures of a well-meaning but incompetent junior Civil Servant who is entrusted with the task of negotiating a tricky Common Market agreement with the French government.
The play contains not only a fair amount of the broad humour which one
associates with the Whitehall farces but also many more purely verbal jokes. It
also gives us the opportunity to feature some of our pretty girls – of which we
seem able to maintain an inexhaustible supply – in a series of more or less revealing
costumes. In short, we think there is something for everyone in this
production.
Cast
Captain Luke Layton R.N.
Pamela Layton
Harrison Tweedie, M.B.E.
Barry Layton
Chauffeur
Monsieur Martell
Madame Martell
Hotel Porter
Chambermaid
Eloise
Simone
Brian Lewis
Pauline Clayton
David Elford
David Mann
Michael Spafford
Ron Tyson
Doreen Sutton
Stephen Coppinger
Beryl Rooney
Mary Brown
Zoe Riby
Production Team
Director
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Managers
Lighting Adviser
Lighting Operator
Properties
Set Designer
Set Constructed by
Costumes
House Manager
Theatre Manager
Theatre Licensee
Phyllis Dadd
Gerald Fillingham
Margaret Hague
Maureen Johnston
David Wilson
Hedley Brown
Evelyn Raby
Brendan Donaghy
Eric Coe
Nigel Shaw
David Dalton
Joan Brown
Carol Peasgood
Barbara Shaw
The Hospital Players
Phyllis Dadd
Marilynne Spavin
David Dalton
Glyn Roberts
