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Wasn't It Odd?

1951
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And This Was Odd is a 1951 comedy play by the British writer Kenneth Horne. It was a reworking of an earlier play Wasn't It Odd that had first been staged at the Intimate Theatre in Palmers Green in 1940. It involves an elderly lady who uncovers her family's secrets while supposedly ill in bed.

3 Sep 1951

  • Venue: The Alfred Hall - Ballarat
  • Comedy
  • Playwright: Kenneth Horne
  • Director: Austin McCallum
  • 2nd Annual Conference of the 33rd District of Rotary International

Cast

George E. Deeble

Morton

Moira Hennessy

Nurse Jones

Maureen Christie

Julia Kemp

Sonya Dillon

Jane Simmons

Arthur Walker-Davies

Frank Kemp

Dilys Dickenson

Margot Kemp

Alan McIvor

Sam Potts

Beatrice Lyall

Mrs. Simmons

Lady Wilson

Mollie Jeffrey

  • Orchestra conductor

    Lynette Kierce

  • Leader of the Orchestra

    Dorothy Wellington

  • Stage Manager

    Monica Tehan

  • Asst. Stage Manager

    Peter Dale

  • Setting

    Tom Greene and Geoff Richards

  • Properties

    Ingrid Ellison

  • Wardrobe

    Elaine Richards

  • Lighting

    John Stretch

  • Make-up

    Arthur Walker

  • Sound

    Sectrine & Robertson

Program