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              by Bettine Manktelow 
                 Directed by Valerie Clarke 
                  February 8, 9 & 10, 2007 
                
                   
                    | Mildred (Millie) Pierce | 
                    Sue Worker | 
                   
                   
                    | Justin James | 
                    Graeme Gibaut | 
                   
                   
                    | Judy Rhodes | 
                    Emma Kimsey | 
                   
                   
                    | Adelaide (Addie) Marchbanks | 
                    Angela Charles | 
                   
                   
                    | Pearl Palmer | 
                    Dorothy Bentote | 
                   
                   
                    | Edward (Ed) Gibb | 
                    David Bowers | 
                   
                 
                Location: The action takes place in Adelaide's dressing room 
                  in a provincial theatre. 
                  Time: The present 
                Programme Notes       
                  [ Photographs ] 
                
                
                  
                    | Millie | 
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                    |   | 
                    attractive, optimistic, over-the-top actress | 
                   
                  
                    | Justin | 
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                    |   | 
                    the company manager, very much a man of the 
                      theatre, extravagant in speech and gesture, affected, sophisticated, 
                      imperturbable | 
                   
                  
                    | Judy | 
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                    |   | 
                    assistant stage manager, neurotic and permanently 
                      anxious, hiding her true self | 
                   
                  
                    | Adelaide | 
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                    |   | 
                    attractive, ambitious, larger than life, a 
                      star in every way, self-centered and very vain | 
                   
                  
                    | Pearl | 
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                    |   | 
                    a little too sweet, ostensibly everbody's 
                      friend but very false and superficial | 
                   
                  
                    | Ed | 
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                    |   | 
                    "The Husband", an impresario and aging lothario 
                      with a heart of steel who still retains his charm | 
                   
                 
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