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The uncut X-Beacon files June 2000
After Inspector Calls, Lewd Goings On
For Royal Visit Foreshadow Black Times Ahead For PaDS?
And so An Inspector Called. Despite the bloody-minded efforts of Severn Trent Water to blockade Painswick and (apparently) remove the PaDS publicity boards on the approaches to Painswick, An Inspector Calls attracted our best audiences for several years. A highly talented cast of both new and old(ish) PaDdies were admirably directed by first-time director Gill Cox on a dramatically gorgeous set designed by the dramatically gorgeous Lynne Gibson. Mmm… might be in trouble over that if The Most Organised One catches sight of it. Ah well, never mind: as Basil Fawlty would say, ‘She’ll have to sew them back on again first!’ Since
I believe an independent critique of the production appears elsewhere in this
fine journal (It’s too late for flattery
– Editor), I shall dwell no further on it here, save to congratulate
everyone involved: I can safely do this because, except for propping up the bar
on a couple of nights, I was actually ‘resting’ (as we luvvies like to put it)
during this production. (Keep up the good
work: Editor) Meanwhile, I can reveal dramatic developments in the proposed Royal Visit to honour Victorian Market Day (July 8th). Rumours originating from sources close to the Palace suggest that Her Majesty will be accompanied by her so-called ‘ghillie’ and close confidante, Mr John Brown. Local dignitaries on the organising committee are reported to be scandalised, particularly in the light of PaDS plans to exhibit its newly refurbished What The Butler Saw machine. The machine is believed to place on view a number of lewdly risqué dramatic scenes with such titles as The French Lesson and Her Ladyship’s Undergarments Revealed. Will Her Majesty be amused? Will we all end up in the Tower? Watch this space. And finally. Looking through a glass darkly, I can foresee black times ahead for PaDS. For November, plans are a-foot to present either Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy or a bewitching brew Yuletide black magic called Bell, Book and Candle by John Van Druten. And before that there’s the AGM! Dramatic times indeed… Jack Burgess, Painswick Dramatic Society |
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