Ripon Rowel Players

Happy Families
by John Godber

Full of warmth, understanding and humour, this is an affectionate and appealing portrait of an ordinary family struggling with change, bereavement and the generation gap. On his graduation day in 1978, John looks back over his teenage years, from 1967-1973, recalling all the embarrassments, tensions, joys and sorrows of family life in West Yorkshire. Older and better educated, he finds himself alienated from his working-class family who cannot understand his growing intellect and theatrical aspirations.

Production Details

Location: Ripon Leisure Centre
Dates: 2^nd-4^th June 2005

John: Shawn Wilson
Dot (John’s Mum): Audrey Hewson
Vic (John’s Dad): Richard Bailey
Liz (Dot’s Mum): Mary Guest
Jack (Dot’s Dad): Barry Gwilt
Aunty Doris (Dot’s sister): Debbie Green
Aunty Edna (Vic’s sister): Chloe Crowder
Rebecca (Edna’s daughter): Elizabeth Botwright
Lyn Sutton Elizabeth Botwright

Producer: Julie Prescott
Stage Manager: Andrew Green
Lighting & Sound: Peter Meese
Prompt: Linda-Butler Blades
Props: Judith Graham & Jane Waterworth
Costumes: Josie Suddards
Front of House Manager: Graham North

Back to Table of Contents
© Copyright 2002 by Ripon Rowel Players.