Gaslight
a Victorian Thriller by Patrick Hamilton
Directed by Judith Shrank
April 2008
Thursday 24th at 7.45pm
Friday 25th at 7.45pm
Saturday 26th at 7.45pm
There are some pictures on Gaslight gallery page
The Guild Players present the classic mystery thriller, set in late Victorian London. In the first floor living room of a four storey house, Bella Manningham appears to be slowly going mad, but all is not what it seems.
First performed on stage in 1938, the play was twice adapted for the cinema. The 1944 American film version starred Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer and Joseph Cotton. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, Bergman won the Oscar for best actress.
Patrick Hamilton (1904 - 1962) was a playwright and novelist. His semi autobiographical trilogy, "20,000 Streets Under the Sky", was recently dramatised for BBC television.
Setting
The living room on the first floor of a four storey house in a gloomy and unfashionable quarter of London. The latter part of the nineteenth century.
The action takesplace during late afternoon and evening on one day.
| Cast | |
| Mrs Manningham | Rachel Kudlick |
| Mr Manningham | Ian Antony-Paul |
| Rough | Stewart Shrank |
| Elizabeth | Sally Martin |
| Nancy | Caroline Wallace |
| Production Team | |
| Director | Judith Shrank |
| Prompt | Helen Costin |
| Costume | Jenny Sparks |
| Lighting | Martin Higgins |
| Andy Higgins | |
| Stage Manager | Mike Sparks |
| Set Construction | Mike Sparks |
| Paul Sparks | |
| Carol Renfrew | |
| Michael Lamb | |
| Jeffrey Benge | |
| Alan Kenny | |
| Martin Higgins | |
| Andy Higgins | |
| Front of House Management | Paul Sparks |
| Box Office | Betty Burgess |
