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Production Details
232nd Production - The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley
Presented at Lowther Pavilion - 8 to 11 February 2006.
Directed by Heather Cartmell.
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Outline of Play
It is a cold Winter’s night. At an isolated railway station in the middle of the countryside six passengers have been left stranded. The Stationmaster has a haunting tale to tell.
What will happen before morning - will history repeat itself ?.
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Synopsis of Scenes
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The action of the play takes place in the small general waiting room at Fal Vale, a wayside station on the South Cornwall Joint Railway, during the course of four hours in November 1925.
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Act I
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10.00 p.m.
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Act II
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11.30 p.m.
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Act III
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12.30 p.m.
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Cast
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Saul Hodgkin (Stationmater)
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David Lee
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Richard Winthorp
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Rob Gemmell
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Elsie (his wife)
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Giuliana Nicholson
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Charles Murdoch
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Byron Jacob
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Peggy Murdoch (his new wife)
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Katie Moore
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Miss Bourne
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Di Prutton
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Teddy Deakin
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Gary Houghton
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Julia Price
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Emily Cartmell
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Herbert Price
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Chris Slack
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John Sterling
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Ian Edmundson
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Jackson
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Alf Betts
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Stage Crew
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Stage Manager
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Chris Jones
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Sound
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Michael Ward
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Lighting
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Chris Beardmore
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Set Design and Construction
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Members of the Society
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Set Dressing
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Heather Town
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Properties
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Andrea Lee
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Costumes
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Eileen Stanning
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Prompt
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Shirley Croasdale
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