Separate Tables

Directed by Stan Harbidge Production Manager Jon Jones The Cast (in order of speaking) Mabel Annette Ayres Lady Matheson Christine Harbidge Mrs Railton-Bell Sue Terry Miss Meacham Tina Warrington Doreen Ailsa Pearce Mr Fowler Bill Sylvester Mrs Shankland Sarah Taylor Miss Cooper Sally Anderson Mr Malcolm David Darby Charles Stratton Ben Chilvers Jean Tanner Katherine Buttfield then in Table Number Two Major Pollock David Darby Sybil Railton-Bell Sarah Taylor Other residents Rose Keen Madeline Clarke:
Mabel: Annette Ayres
Lady Matheson: Christine Harbidge
Mrs Railton-Bell: Sue Terry
Miss Meacham: Tina Warrington
Doreen: Ailsa Pearce
Mr Fowler: Bill Sylvester
Mrs Shankland: Sarah Taylor
Miss Cooper: Sally Anderson
Mr Malcolm: David Darby
Charles Stratton: Ben Chilvers
Jean Tanner: Katherine Buttfield
Major Pollock: David Darby
Sybil Railton-Bell: Sarah Taylor
Other residents: Rose Keen
Madeline Clarke
Synopsis Separate Tables is the collective name of two one-act plays written by Sir Terence Rattigan, both taking place in the Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth in the 1950’s. The first play, entitled "Table Number One", focuses on the troubled relationship between a disgraced Labour politician and his ex-wife. The second play, "Table Number Two", is set about eighteen months after the events of the previous play, and deals with the touching friendship between a repressed spinster and a retired English army officer, Major Pollock. Rattigan wished the two principal roles in both plays to be portrayed by the same actors while the other characters - permanent residents, the hotel's manager, and members of the staff - appear in both plays. Table Number One Scene 1 The Dining Room - Winter’s evening Scene 2 The Lounge - Later that evening Scene 3 The Dining Room - The following morning 20 minute Interval Table Number Two 18 months later Scene 1 The Lounge - Summer’s Afternoon Scene 2 The dining room - Same day - Dinner time:
Table Number One:
Scene 1: The Dining Room - Winter’s evening
Scene 2: The Lounge - Later that evening
Scene 3: The Dining Room - The following morning
Table Number Two: 18 months later
Scene 1: The Lounge - Summer’s Afternoon
Scene 2: The dining room - Same day - Dinner time
Stage Manager: Terry Hall
Prompt: Jon Jones
Properties: Carol Radford
Val Culm
Anna Hodkin
Sound & Light: Clive Holland
Terry Hall
Bob Terry
Set Design: David Darby
Stan Harbidge
Set Construction: Group Members
Publicity: Jon Jones
Annette Ayres
Ticket Sales: Christine Harbidge
Front of House / Refreshments: Group Members
Photography: Stan Harbidge