| by Jimmie Chinn
Directed by Valerie Clarke
February 9, 10 & 11, 2006
| Miss D'Vere ("D'Vere" - English) |
Emma Kimsey |
| Miss McBain (Phoebe - Chemistry) |
Dorothy Bentote |
| Miss Fisher (Molly - Maths) |
Win Brion |
| Miss Bickerstaff (Dorothy - Secretary) |
Tricia Hughes |
| Miss Kershaw (Kitty - PE) |
Angela Charles |
| Miss Duke ("Duke" - Geography) |
Katie Clifton |
| Mrs Godfrey (Vi - Cook & Cleaner) |
Ann Taggart |
| Miss Pink (Rose - Music) |
Barbarta Williams |
| Miss Cross (Marjorie - RE) |
Bieneke Barwick |
| Miss Kyte (Ursula - Headmistress) |
Estelle Dunham |
| Mr Smith (Septimus - Inspector) |
Graeme Gibaut |
Location: The staffroom of the Gwendolen Kyte School for Girls, somewhere in the Home Counties.
Time: September, in the early sixties
Programme Notes
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[Printed Programme]
About the author
Jimmie Chinn was born in Middleton, Manchester and moved to London in 1959 to train as an actor at RADA.
A short career in acting eventually led him to train as a teacher at Whitelands College in Putney
where he gained a degree in English and Drama. He taught and was Housemaster at Dormer Wells High School in
Southall until becoming a full-time writer in 1984.
During this time Jimmie became involved in amateur dramatics. His love of the theatre and his natural
talents, particularly in directing, made him much sought after by amateur dramatic clubs in West London,
the area in which he was then living.
Over the past twenty years he has written numerous plays for Radio 4 and for six years he wrote many
episodes of "Emmerdale" for Yorkshire Television. In 1992 he had his first West End successs with
"Straight and Narrow" which ran for nearly a year and starred Nicholas Lyndhurst and Carmel McSharry.
His latest stage play "A Different Way Home" recently completed a nationwide tour starring Roy Barraclough.
Jimmie's work, most of it published by Samuel French Ltd., has been performed around the world, winning
awards both here and abroad. "After September" has recently finished a run in Japan !
Jimmie Chinn now lives in Hounslow and St. Lawrence Players are delighted to be performing a play
written by a "local" playwright.
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