Rushen Players

When we are Married

by J B Priestley
Rushen Amateur Dramatic Society
1971
Port Erin Centre

Priestley’s 1938 British farce begins when a group of old friends, all married on the same day in the same chapel, gathers at the Helliwells’ home to celebrate their silver anniversary. When they discover that they are not legally married, each couple initially reacts with proper Victorian horror – what will the neighbors think? – but soon all three couples find themselves reevaluating their marriages. In the end, of course, everything turns out well, and the play ends on a happy note.

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Cast
Ruby Birtle	Dorothy Hinchcliffe
Gerald Forbes	John Bowring
Mrs. Northrop	Frances Moore
Fred Dyson	William Bennett
Nancy Holmes	Frances Bennett
Henry Ormonroyd	John Bryan
Maria Helliwell	Kathleen Squire
Alderman Joseph Helliwell	Robert Young
Clara Soppitt	Gaenor Soly
Annie Parker	May Matthews
Herbert Soppitt	Geoff Crellin
Lottie Grady	Olive Gibb
Rev. Clement Mercer	Phil Gale
Councillor Albert Parker	Don I Williamson