Mary Broome

WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH - SATURDAY 23 APRIL

Directed by Auriol Smith

Designed by Sam Dowson, Costumes by Jude Stedham

'Katie McGuinness captures perfectly the pragmatism and dignity of Mary' The Guardian * * * *

'...theatre lovers should flock to the Orange Tree... Auriol Smith's excellent production gives a sharp, wonderfully entertaining new lease of life' The Independent * * * *

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As the marriage of the elder Timbrell son is eagerly anticipated
and wedding presents are arriving, it is revealed that the younger
son, in this upwardly mobile family, has become involved with the
housemaid, Mary Broome. The results for all are unexpected.

Allan Monkhouse, theatre critic of The Manchester Guardian,
was one of the stable of playwrights that thrived in Annie
Horniman's Gaiety Theatre, Manchester, in the years before
the First World War.

The critic C. E. Montague wrote of the 1911 premiere 'it is of
the company of masterpieces in comedy'.

Cast:
Charlotte Brimble
Martha Dancy
Harriet Eastcott
Jack Farthing
Bernard Holley
Kieron Jecchinis
Emma Johnston
Moir Leslie
Michael Lumsden
Katie McGuinness
Paul O?Mahony
Emily Pennant Rea
Eunice Roberts
Eve Shickle