Anonymous Players

 

 

 

 

Production Details

228th Production - The Heiress a play based upon the novel Washington Square by Henry James

Presented at Lowther Pavilion - 9 to 12 February 2005.

Directed by Joy Banks.

 

 

 

 


Outline of Play

Compared to her dead mother, Catherine Sloper seems dull and lifeless and years of her father’s thinly veiled contempt have accenuated her lack of confidence.

She is thus easy prey for a fortune hunter like Morris Townsend and responds to his advances with joy and complete trust.

Even Dr. Sloper’s threat to disinherit her does not deter her from agreeing to an elopement .  However, the journey from innocence to experience proves to be a painful one for Catherine.
 

 

 

 

 

  Synopsis of Scenes

  The action of the play passes in the from parlour of Dr. Sloper’s house in Washington Square in 1850

 

 

 

 

 

Act I

 

Scene 1 - An October evening

 

 

 

Scene 2 - An afternoon, two weeks later

 

 

 

Scene 3 - The next morning

 

 

 

 

 

Act II

 

Scene 1 - An April night, six months later

 

 

 

Scene 2 - Two hours later

 

 

 

Scene 3 - The morning, three days later

 

 

 

Scene 4 - A Summer evening, almost two year’s later

 

 

 

 

  Cast

 

Catherine Sloper

Heather Cartmell

 

Dr. Austin Sloper

Alf Betts

 

Mrs. Lavinia Penniman

Barbara Bramley

 

Mrs. Elizabeth Almond

Kryssie Moore

 

Marian Almond

Gemma Patterson

 

Arthur Townsend

Eddy Strickland

 

Morris Townsend

Alan Veale

 

Mrs. Montgomery

Ann Dawson

 

Maria

Emily Cartmell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Stage Crew

 

Stage Manager

Chris Jones

 

Sound

Michael Ward

 

Lighting

Chris Beardmore

 

Set Design and Construction

Lytham Operatics and Members of the Society

 

Prompt

Shirley Croasdale

 

Properties

Janis Patterson and Emily Cartmell

 

Set Dressing

Heather Town

 

Costumes

Eileen Stanning