Ripon Rowel Players

Gaslight
by Patrick Hamilton

A bell clangs in the early evening gloom of a foggy Victorian street as the muffin man does his rounds, while in the tall, forbidding house which is becoming her prison, Bella Manningham is slowly losing her mind. Her husband's tyranny and the insolence of her housemaid, plus the air of mystery in her home, have driven her almost to breaking-point...

While Jack Manningham goes out on the town each evening, his wife cowers alone in her room, lit by the shadowy gaslight, listening to the mysterious footsteps overhead. When an unexpected visitor turns out to be an ex-policeman, Sergeant Rough, Bella realises she's caught in some very sinister happenings.

The scene is a living room on the first floor of a four-storied house situated in a gloomy and unfashionable quarter of London, in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Production Details

Dates: 13th-15th November 2003

Location: Allhallowgate Methodist Church Hall

Mrs. Manningham: Judith Graham
Mr. Manningham: Richard Bailey
Rough: Barry Gwilt
Elizabeth: Viv Schornagel
Nancy: Audrey Hewson
Policeman: Graham North

Producer: Brenda Tabor
Stage Manager: The Cast
Lighting and effects: Frits Schornagel
Costumes: Norma Hill
Prompt: Josie Suddards
FOH Manager: Chloe Crowder

Publicity Photos

The Manningham Household
Judith Graham, Audrey Hewson, Viv Schornagel & Richard Bailey
Domestic Violence Victorian style.
Richard Bailey & Judith Graham
The plea for mercy
Richard Bailey & Judith Graham
Accusations of madness
Richard Bailey & Judith Graham
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The lower classes
Viv Schornagel, Barry Gwilt & Audrey Hewson
The lower classes
Viv Schornagel, Barry Gwilt & Audrey Hewson
The villain apprehended
Barry Gwilt, Richard Bailey & Graham North
A picture of respectability
Barry Gwilt, Judith Graham, Richard Bailey & Graham North
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Sergeant Rough
Barry Gwilt
Elizabeth
Viv Schornagel
Mr. Manningham
Richard Bailey
Carrying on
Richard Bailey, Audrey Hewson & Viv Schornagel
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The Entire Cast
Richard Bailey, Judith Graham, Barry Gwilt, Viv Schornagel, Graham North & Audrey Hewson
Mrs. Manningham
Judith Graham
Poster
Designed by Malcolm Hunter
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