Whispers Along The Patio (2001)

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David Cregan
Yes

Stephen Joseph Theatre
The Round
Round

2 August 2001
7 August 2001
15 September 2001
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Sam Walters
Pip Leckenby
Kath Geraghty
Christine Wall
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Character
Matthew, a retired man
June, his busy niece
Tania, a foreign visitor
Tony, a young salesman
Harold, a bus driver
Cath Booth
Anne Baxter
Emily Thurlby

Actor
Frank Moorey
Jane Arden
Cate Debenham-Taylor
Steven Elder
Jason Baughan

Why is this play significant?

This marked the first collaboration between the Stephen Joseph Theatre and the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond - another long established theatre in the round venue with which Alan Ayckbourn had had ties for many years.

Notes

○ Whispers Along The Patio was a collaboration (rather than a co-production) between the Stephen Joseph Theatre and the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.