Dorothy Bentote
Member from 1967 to present
Bio
I joined Players in February 1967 and since then have been involved in most productions, either on stage, backstage or front of house. I have enjoyed the majority of parts I have played but two of my favourites are Miriam in Outside Edge and Carrie in Carousel. My least favourite part was TheWill O'Wisp in Where the Rainbow Ends covered in purple and silver make-up, dressed in a short flimsy tunic, I spent a lot of time balancing on a polystyrene rock! But honestly being in Players is great fun!
Appearances as cast
Dorothy has appeared in these productions.
| Year | Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Wind in the Willows | Ronaldina, a rabbit |
| 2019 | The Perfect Murder | Clerk |
| 2019 | Happy Birthday Me | Miss Freda Deacon |
| 2018 | It's Behind You! | Cast member |
| 2017 | Enchanted April | Mrs Graves |
| 2016 | Lettice and Lovage | Visitors to Fustian House |
| 2015 | Mad Bess | Mad Bess Villager |
| 2014 | The Odd Couple (female version) | Renee |
| 2013 | Trivial Pursuits | Pearl |
| 2012 | Bedroom Farce | Delia |
| 2011 | At the Sign of The Crippled Harlequin | Marjorie Pike |
| 2011 | Monologues and Sketches | Gooseberry |
| 2011 | Mystery at Greenfingers | Sally Philips |
| 2010 | Out Of Focus | Evonne Duckworth |
| 2009 | Jane Eyre | Hannah |
| 2009 | Early Blight | June |
| 2009 | The Recruitments | Player |
| 2009 | Local Gossip | Player |
| 2008 | Seventy Five Glorious Years | Player |
| 2007 | Proscenophobia | Pearl Palmer |
| 2007 | Day of Reckoning | Pauline Morris (Geoffrey's wife) |
| 2007 | In By The Half | Madam |
| 2006 | After September | Miss McBain (Phoebe - Chemistry) |
| 2006 | Breath of Spring | Dame Beatrice Appleby (Bee) |
| 2004 | Between Mouthfulls | Mrs. Pearce |
| 2004 | Gosforth's Fete | Mrs. Pearce |
| 2004 | The Dancing Years | Hilde |
| 2003 | Happy Families | Auntie Doris |
| 2002 | Season's Greetings | Phyllis, his sister |
| 2002 | Rebecca | Second Maid |
| 2001 | Murdered to Death | Joan Maple |
| 2000 | Cinderella | Chorus |
| 1999 | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser |
| 1998 | The Wizard Of Oz | Munchkin |
| 1998 | The Wizard Of Oz | Mayor of the Munchkins |
| 1998 | Forsyte Saga | Juley |
| 1998 | Man Alive | Jubilee |
| 1997 | Song, Style & Supper | Player |
| 1997 | Excerpt from Private Lives | Sibyl |
| 1997 | When We Are Married | Clara Soppitt |
| 1996 | Aladdin | Lady Lapsang, her lady-in-waiting |
| 1996 | Play On! | Louise Peary |
| 1996 | Absent Friends | Marge |
| 1995 | Carousel | Carrie Pipperidge |
| 1995 | Party Piece | Roma Smethurst |
| 1994 | Sweeney Todd | A Beggar Woman |
| 1993 | Sixty Glorious Years | Cast Member |
| 1993 | Darling I'm Home! | Inga Peterson |
| 1993 | Pickwick | Rachel |
| 1992 | Dick Whittington | Tommy the Magic Cat |
| 1992 | Table Manners | Annie |
| 1992 | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime | Fraulein Winkelkopf, an anarchist |
| 1991 | My Fair Lady | Chorus |
| 1990 | Hans Andersen | Madame Louise Meisling |
| 1990 | Murder at Deem House | Rhona Iver |
| 1990 | Stepping Out | Maxine |
| 1989 | Finian's Rainbow | Sharecropper |
| 1989 | Brush with a Body | Rosita Hernandez |
| 1989 | Music Hall Miscellany | Player |
| 1988 | Camelot | Lady of Camelot |
| 1988 | Pack Of Lies | Thelma |
| 1987 | The Railway Children | Mrs Viney |
| 1987 | Outside Edge | Miraim |
| 1986 | Scrooge | Nephew's Wife |
| 1986 | How The Other Half Loves | Mary Featherstone |
| 1986 | Clara's on the Curtains | Mrs Sonia Carter |
| 1986 | The Pigeon with the Siver Foot | Singer |
| 1985 | Half A Sixpence | Flo Bates |
| 1985 | A Murder Is Announced | Dora Bunner |
| 1984 | Oliver! | Mrs. Sowerberry |
| 1984 | On Monday Next | Maud Barron |
| 1984 | Playing For Time - A Revue | Player |
| 1983 | Viva Mexico | Muchachas |
| 1983 | Dear Octopus | Hilda Randolf |
| 1982 | Pygmalion | Female Bystander |
| 1982 | Gosforth's Fete | Milly |
| 1981 | Toad Of Toad Hall | Wild Wooder |
| 1981 | Toad Of Toad Hall | Turkey |
| 1981 | Celebration | Alice Fuller |
| 1981 | Suddenly At Home | Sheila Wallis |
| 1979 | The Story of Cinderella | Gossamer Gorm, a silly fairy |
| 1979 | The Same Sky | An Old Woman |
| 1979 | When We Are Married | Maria Helliwell |
| 1978 | A Voyage Round My Father | Witness |
| 1978 | A Voyage Round My Father | First ATS |
| 1977 | The Wizard of Oz | Farmhand |
| 1977 | The Wizard of Oz | Second Visiting Witch |
| 1977 | Man Alive | Miss Butterworth |
| 1976 | Where the Rainbow Ends | Will-o'-the-Wisp |
| 1976 | Weatherwise | Monica |
| 1975 | The Babes In The Wood | Children, Villager, Townspeople, Tradespeople, Bathing Girl/Boy, etc |
| 1975 | The Babes In The Wood | Skinna |
| 1975 | The Babes In The Wood | His Wife |
| 1975 | Our Lodgers such a nice young man (Music Hall) | Performed by |
| 1975 | The Drunkards Dilimma (Music Hall) | Performed by |
| 1974 | Where's Charlie | Chorus (of undergaduates and young ladies) |
| 1974 | Where's Charlie | Mr.Spettigue, Amy's uncle & Kitty's guardian |
| 1974 | Midsummer Mink | Lily Thompson |
| 1974 | Dear Octopus | Margery Harvey |
| 1973 | Oliver! | Charlotte |
| 1973 | Ladies in Retirement | Louisa Creed |
| 1973 | Ladies in Retirement | Leonora Fiske |
| 1973 | Quiet Wedding | Madame Mirelle (a dressmaker) |
| 1972 | Soiree Musicale | The family |
| 1971 | Sinbad The Sailor | Princess Shining Pearl (the Caliph's daughter) |
| 1971 | Bonaventure | Nurse Brent |
| 1970 | Mystery At Blackwater | Alice, the housemaid |
| 1969 | A Lady Mislaid | Young Woman |
| 1968 | A Letter From The General | Sister Bridget |
| 1967 | This Happy Breed | Edie (a Maid) |
| 1967 | Goodnight, Mrs Puffin | Annie |
Behind the scenes
Dorothy has worked behind the scenes of these productions.
| Year | Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Happy Birthday Me | Director |
| 2019 | Alternative Accommodation | Director |
| 2009 | Anybody for Murder? | Director |
| 2008 | Settling Accounts | Director |
| 2008 | The Man on the Floor | Director |
| 2005 | Plaza Suite | Director |
| 2003 | Time and Time Again | Director |
| 2001 | Alarms and Excursions | Director |
| 1999 | I'll Get My Man | Director |
| 1997 | Wild Goose Chase | Director |
| 1995 | Blithe Spirit | Director |
| 1991 | Pride and Prejudice | Director |
| 1988 | Murder Mistaken | Director |
| 1986 | Parochial Problems | Director |