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Hot Summer Night

1965
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About Hot Summer Night

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Hot Summer Night is a play by Ted Willis first produced in 1958.

"Set in Wapping, the story concerns the Palmer family, who may not, however, be quite typical of the district. For blustering Jack Palmer is a successful Trade Union leader who conceivably could be living in more affluent surroundings. However, he has so identified himself with the workers that to move to a house with a bath, for instance, would look like treachery. Thus, naturally, he fights every inch of the way for the union rights of the considerable West Indian element in his care and it is only when his own daughter [Kathie] falls in love with a Jamaican [Sonny Lincoln] that he is pulled up in his steps. Nell, his wife, whom he has consistently neglected over the years, has centred her whole life on her daughter, and approaches the problem with a blind hysterical prejudice."

4th to 12th June, 1965

  • Venue: The Little Theatre
  • Genre: Drama
  • Playwright: Ted Willis
  • Director: Ron Boon

Cast

Roy Thompson

Frank Stephens

Nick Roberts

The Old Man

Joan Crompton

Nell Palmer

Jacko Palmer

Kit Calton

Heather Crompton

Judy Gomez

Kaye Buchanan

Kathie Palmer

Geof. Graham

Sonny Lincoln

Crew

  • Director
    Ron Boon
  • Stage Direction

    Pam Skinner

  • Stage Manager
    Maria Bacsak
  • Costume design and coordination
    Josephine Poletti, Gladys Dow
  • Sound
    Albert Dulfer, Mary MacLeod, Laurie Sheffield
  • Lighting
    Geoff Simmonds
  • Props
    Margaret Hodges, Kerry Beatty, Margaret Hughes
  • Set Design
    Maurine Boon
  • Set Construction
    John Hogeweg, Andrew Smail, Gavin Schwartz, Pam Skinner, Ann Smail, Kerry Beatty, Margaret Hughes, Josephine Poletti, Gladys Dow, Stephen Strickland
  • Make up

    Connie Russo

Program

    Performance Gallery