Long derided by theatre’s Establishment since kitchen sink drama burst onto the scene in the late 1950s, Terence Rattigan has recently made a come-back and the local Drama Club’s forthcoming production of Separate Tables next month at the Salterton Playhouse is proof of renewed interest in this very British playwright famed for turning out the ‘well-made’ play.
Set in the Beauregarde Private Hotel in Bournemouth, some time after the war, Separate Tables, as Salterton Drama Club’s publicity puts it, “provides a fascinating insight into the lives of the residents.” It is in fact two plays within a play.
Set in the Beauregarde Private Hotel in Bournemouth, some time after the war, Separate Tables, as Salterton Drama Club’s publicity puts it, “provides a fascinating insight into the lives of the residents.” It is in fact two plays within a play.
All photos are from the 2008 Salterton Drama Club production of Ladies in Retirement. Photo credit: Roger Simmonds. Above: Sue-Claire Morris (right) with Fay Hamilton, who is directing Separate Tables.
The Club’s Wendy Gomm explained that this is the first serious drama production to be staged at the Playhouse. With Rattigan’s gift for witty dialogue exposing what has been termed “the English vice of emotional repression” against a background of the tensions and unspoken conflicts within families, this staging of Separate Tables should provide a thought-provoking evening’s entertainment.Directed by Fay Hamilton, an experienced former professional actress, the play’s large cast includes a début appearance from the Sidmouth Operatic Society’s Sandria Stewart. Above: Karen Bazeley and Richard Gomm.
There is a long tradition of successful amateur dramatics at Budleigh Salterton. Since the group was founded in 1938, it has gone from strength to strength, finally acquiring its own theatre - the Salterton Playhouse - in 1970. The Playhouse is a large wooden building set next to the stream in Meadow Lane, and offers raked seating and full facilities for approximately 80 patrons. Below: The cast of the 2008 production of Ladies in Retirement.
Separate Tables runs from 2-7 March 2009. Tickets are available from:Budleigh Salterton Tourist Information Centre
Fore Street, Budleigh Salterton EX9 6NG
Office opening hours are:-
Summer [Easter to end October]: Monday to Saturday 10.00 to 17.00hrs
Winter : Monday to Thursday and Saturday 10.00 to 13.00hrs (Friday 10.00 to 15.00hrs.)
Tel: 01395 442208
Payment can be made via credit card over the phone and tickets collected
from the theatre on the evening you are attending the play.
For further information about Salterton Drama Club see http://www.saltertondrama.co.uk/
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