The Boyfriend
11th - 16th May 1992
Photographs by John Tustin
Production Officials
Director Andrew C. Turton
Musical Director Jessie Whittaker
Choreographer Glenys E. Collinson
Chorus Master David Perks
Cast
Polly Browne Adrienne Wormald
Tony David Perks
Hortense Nicola Worrall
Maisie Tracey Rollinson
Bobby Van Husen David Witt
Dulcie Gillian Pollitt
Fay Vicki Smith
Nancy Lisa Oldbury
Percival Browne Michael Taylor
Madame Dubonnet Irene Bowers
Lord Brockhurst Bill Steel
Lady Brockhurst Margaret Steel
Marcel Tim Collinson
Pierre Craig Williams
Alphonse Gary Williams
Gendarme Paul Duckworth
Waiter Ted Donnelly
Pepe Roger Higginbottom
Lolita Dorothy Yardley
Company
Jane Bickerstaffe, Carole Brooks, Jackie Kerman, Barbara Martin, Ruth Prescott, Nicola Wesley, Janet Witt, Tony Fox, Andrew Turton
  • Dulcie, Maisie, Polly, Fay and Nancy Dulcie, Maisie, Polly, Fay and Nancy
  • Tony and Polly Tony and Polly
  • Alphonse, Marcel, Bobby and Pierre with Maisie Alphonse, Marcel, Bobby and Pierre with Maisie
  • Percival Browne and Madame Dubonnet Percival Browne and Madame Dubonnet
  • Nancy, Maisie, Fay, Dulcie and Hortense Nancy, Maisie, Fay, Dulcie and Hortense
  • Percival with chorus girls Percival with chorus girls
  • Lady and Lord Brockhurst Lady and Lord Brockhurst
  • Tony, Lady Brockhurst, Percival, Polly and Madame Dubonnet Tony, Lady Brockhurst, Percival, Polly and Madame Dubonnet
  • Hortense and Polly Hortense and Polly
  • Lord Brockhurst and Dulcie Lord Brockhurst and Dulcie
  • Maisie and Bobby Maisie and Bobby
  • Percival and Lord Brockhurst Percival and Lord Brockhurst
  • Pepe and Lolita Pepe and Lolita
  • "Sur La Plage" "Sur La Plage"
  • "The Boyfriend" "The Boyfriend"

NODA North West News Review
Congratulations to everyone on a good show including many members of the society who forsook the lure of the stage to allow the younger members breathing space to stage an energetic production. A creditable act indeed for many people who have given untold years of service to maintain high standards at their society.

Excellent scenery along with fresh, bright costumes by their own designer, plus a talented combo, provided a background for a lively cast who made the show zip along. Some rather "over exaggerated posing" by the leading ladies, presumably to impose the twenties idiom, distracted sometimes from excellent performances especially from Adrienne Wormald as Polly Browne.

The French dialogue was maintained throughout by Madame Dubonnet, played by Irene Bowers and Hortense, played by Nicola Worrall, but I thought Hortense could have been played a little more "flightily". Finally, the parts of Lord and Lady Brockhurst, played by Bill and Margaret Steel, admittedly more senior members of the cast, were outstanding.

Glyn Neary
Back to top