Talking Heads

by Alan Bennett

Was performed between:

Wednesday 14th- Saturday 17th May 2003 at 7:45pm

At Duston Community Centre - Pendle Road, Northampton

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"A Lady of Letters", "Her Big Chance" and "A Cream Cracker Under The Settee"

Three of Alan Bennett's renowned witty and sometimes poignant monologues.

Cast, in order of Appearance:

Lucy Parkinson in "Lady of Letters" Kate Billingham in "Her Big Chance" Pauline Stanley in "Cream Cracker under the settee"

In A Lady of Letters, Miss Ruddock writes letters not, unfortunately, social communications filled with harmless news - but letters of complaint, comment and, occasionally, officious praise to various businesses and government departments.
	In Her Big Chance, Lesley, an actress, has just completed a video in which she plays Travis, a career girl who enjoys life, spends a remarkable amount of time topless and shoots a man with a harpoon gun. She tells all, blind to the sinister undertones of her story as well as to her own self delusions and gullibility.
A Cream Cracker Under the Settee features Doris, a widow who lives alone. Refusing to relinquish her independence she cleans a high picture rail when her home help is absent. The day goes on; unable to get help, Doris reminisces about her quiet, uneventful life with its joys and sadnesses.