Rushen Players

Dear Brutus

by J M Barrie
Rushen Amateur Dramatic Society
20th - 22nd February 1952
Rushen Primary School, Port Erin

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JM Barrie's play was written in 1917. An odd assortment of guests are warned against going into the woods for it is Midsummer Eve (there are no woods in the neighborhood, but legend says that it sometimes appears). A philanderer, his young wife and the current object of his affections; an artist who has lost faith in himself and his wife who despises him; indolent lady and a delightful old couple venture into the forest that appears outside the windows and find dreams and desires answered. When they return, they gradually revert to their former state, but not without a memory of the wood.
Act 1: The Drawing Room of 'Sinister Warren', Lob's house in a remote part of England.
Act 2: The Wood.
Act 3: Back in the Drawing Room.
It is Midsmmer's Eve.

Produced by	O S Wrangham
Cast
Mrs. Coade	Kathleen M Squire
Mrs. Dearth	Isabel Kelly
Lady Caroline Laney	Evelyn Buchan
Mrs. Purdie	May Matthews
Joanna Trout	Frances Moore
Matey	Hector Matthews
Lob	Gerald Mangham
Mr. Coade	O S Wrangham
Mr. Purdie	Don I Williamson
Mr. Dearth	Henry T Cubbon
Margaret	June Edge
Crew
Scenery	P Cubbin
Scenic Design (in co-operation with the Producer & Stage Manager)	W D Kaneen
Stage Manager	L Watterson
Hall Manager	A Nyman
Assisted by	Nora Cubbon, Olive Gibb, Vi Lawson Harley Gelling, Ivor Quaggin
Musical Illustrations by	Walter Watterson