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Relatively Speaking - by Alan Ayckbourn
Performed - October 1989 at Blackfriars Theatre
Synopsis
Greg and Ginny find themselves most compatible but she is determined to be
off today, against his wishes. She insists she is going to see her parents.
Well, Greg just bets he beats her to that address, and he does so. The
"parents" do not at first understand him correctly; for Ginny's parents are
really in Australia, and she has come not to visit parents but to tell her
former employer and lover that all is over between them: she is going to
marry Greg.
The "father" finds himself trapped between the
two women, and has to play the role of father. But he does not give up
easily. He makes a deal with Greg to take his daughter on a tour of the
continent as a wedding present. It is at this point that "mother" is given
the old pair of slippers left under Ginny's bed by her "father," and begins
to put two and two together. After the lovers leave and the "parents" are
again alone, "father" discovers the slippers, staunchly declares they are
not his, and begins to inquire what his wife is doing with the slippers of
another man. But this is one secret "mother" will not divulge.
Review
Cast
Actors names on right:
Greg - Richard Cammack
Ginny - Penny Cannon
Sheila - Gaynor Little
Philip - Jeff Ashberry
Production Team
Director & Producer - John Lingard
Stage Manager - Steve Bunny
Set Design - John Lingard
Set Construction - Members of the society
Properties - Chris Roberts
Lighting - David Robertson
Sound - Allison Lea-Cooper
Prompter - Angie Brown
Advertising - Wendy McDonnell
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