72nd Production
Waltz of the Toreadors
By Jean Anouilh
17th - 21st February 1970
An interesting fact recently unearthed by a survey minded ‘Star’: Anouilh is the most-often performed playwright at Scunthorpe’s Civic Theatre.
You will enjoy Waltz of the Toreadors. Amusing, absorbing, it is one of the best Continental plays to be staged since the war (not to mention providing an entertaining film vehicle for Peter Sellers).
Waltz of the Toreadors is sharply witty, with an irresistible trace of French romantic melancholy…
General St. Pé, ageing now, relives his military triumphs as he dictates his memoirs: he is still at heart the rumbustious cavalryman of his youth with a keen eye for the ladies. Around this towering central character are woven a neglected wife, an understanding G.P., a former love, an innocent secretary, an unhurried Curé and the various members of his household…
Anouilh, of course, can be relied upon to provide an unexpected twist for the ending.
Cast
General St. Pé
Emily, his wife
Gaston, his secretary
Estella, his daughter
Sidonia, his daughter
Doctor Bonfant
Ghislaine de Ste-Euverte
Eugenie, a maid
Mme. Dupont-Fredaine
Father Ambrose
Pamela, a maid
Michael Bradley
Doreen Sutton
Peter Ward
Judith Wilson
Penny Fowler
David Elford
Joan Brown
Beryl Rooney
Pauline Clayton
Brian Lewis
Deanne Barratt
Production Team
Director
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Managers
Sound
Lighting
Costumes
Properties
Set Design by
Set Painted by
House Manager
Theatre Licensee
Assistant Theatre Manager
Ivan Clayton
Alan Cressey
Carol Peasgood
David Wilson
John Harrop
Les Brown
John Fowler
Phyllis Dadd
Evelyn Raby
Margaret Hague
Ivan Clayton
Christine Spindley
Fay Hopper
Glyn Roberts
Mavis Ellin
Mike Bradley, Peter Ward, Brian Lewis, Joan Brown and David Elford