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THE WEEKEND                                           APRIL 2014

ABOUT THE PLAY

Faced with a weekend family gathering, world-weary Stephen Febble does his best to be difficult. When his daughter, her dreary husband, their precocious teenage daughter and - not least – the dog come to stay for the weekend, it’s enough to make him reach for the whisky, and for the sarcasm. The climax arrives on Saturday night when his patient wife, Virginia, has laid on a dinner party, and their next door neighbours with their friend, a society chiropodist,come too!In his first stage play, “The Weekend”, Michael Palin takes a look at the funny sideof family values, which also has its darker side……

CAST

Stephen Febble           Graham Johnson

Virginia Febble            Teresa Wilkins

Diana                            Francine Gardner

Alan                              Kyle Young

Charlotte                     Jodie Upton

Duff Gardner               Leonard Quaife

Bridget Gardner         Glynis Watson

Hugh Bedales             Alan Walter

Mrs. Finlay                  Gabriella Alsleben

 

     DIRECTED BY TREVOR TALBOT

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