Duston Players - Past Productions

 17th - 20th May 2000:

Don't Dress for Dinner

A Comedy by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin Hawdon

The Cast:

  • Bernard..........................................John Myhill

  • Jacqueline (his wife)...................... Alison Smith

  • Robert (his friend)......................... George Butler

  • Suzanne (his mistress).................... Karen Lilley

  • Suzette (the cook)......................... Kate Billingham

  • George (her husband) ....................Robert Harnett Williams

The Play

In a stylishly converted French farmhouse Bernard is hoping to entertain his chic, Parisian mistress, Suzy, for the weekend. He has arranged for a Cordon Bleu cook to furnish the gourmet delights, is in the process of packing his wife off to her mother, and has even invited along his best friend Robert as a suitable alibi. It's foolproof, what could go wrong?

Well, suppose Robert turns up without knowing why he's been invited? Or the cook being mistaken for the mistress and a mistress who can't cook!

Mix all the ingredients and you have the perfect recipe for an evening of hilarious confusion as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed.

Produced by Glenda Allcock. (Co-producer Caroline Anthonisz.)

Performances took place at :

Duston Community Centre. Pendle Road, Duston, Northampton.

on  17th - 20th May 2000

A week after Duston Players finished this play, Northampton Royal Theatre put on a professional performance of the same play. We're not biassed but we thought ours was at least as good as theirs!

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