SOUTHWICK PLAYERS' ARCHIVES
Great Expectations
Cast
Backstage
Great Expectations
by Alec Guinness
Adapted from the book by Charles Dickens
Director: Ivan P. Birch
Venues:
County Secondary Girls’ School, Southwick
and
Dolphin Theatre, Brighton - the first non-professional company to perform at the Dolphin Theatre.
November 20-22 1947 and
December 19th 1947
Ian McLeod as Pip (as a boy)
Cecil Weston as Magwitch
Donald Halfey as Joe Gargery
Peggy Martin as Mrs. Joe Gargery
Jack Press as Mr. Wopsle
Charles Walker as Mr. Pumplechook
Ron Paxton as The Sergeant
Denis Lelliott as Compeyson
Joan French as Estella (as a girl)
Iris Chatfield as Miss Havisham
B.F. Baker as Mr. Jaggers
Adrian H. Cooper as Pip (as a young man)
Venita Bricewhite as Biddy
Jack Wingfield as Herbert Pocket
John Hill as Waiter and as Policemen
Jane Potts as Estella (as a young lady)
Elisabeth Chatterton as Clara Barley
Producer & Director: Ivan P. Birch
Stage Manager: Elizabeth Penney
Stage Organisation: Bert Townshend
Stage Assistants: David Flowers, Jack Silsby,
V. Williams, R. Denyer, G. Wackford, G. Moore
Stage Decor: Mary Hoag
Properties: Pam Upperton
Prompter: Catherine Chatterton
Lighting: Leslie Chatfield, John Bunyan, John Garnham,
Fred Patching
Wardrobe Mistress: Joyce Cook
Assisted by: Mary Hooper
House Management: John Deall, Peggy Deall
The Southwick Players: Reg. Charity No. 227937
Resident Company at The Barn Theatre, Southwick Member of Brighton & Hove Arts Council