Travels with my Aunt (February 2013)
Travels with my Aunt
by Graham Greene
adapted by Giles Havergal
Performances: 12th to 16th February 2013
Directed by Peter Watson
The play is Giles Havergal's adaptation of the novel of the same name by Graham Greene. "Travels with my Aunt" starts with the meeting of retired banker, Henry Pulling, and his long lost, but formidable, Aunt Augusta and follows their path across Europe and even further afield where Henry begins to realise that there is more to life, and to Aunt Augusta, than he had first thought. Henry gives up his reserved, suburban, world for one of adventure, crime and exotic locations. There are also some highly unusual and life changing revelations about Aunt Augusta - but to say more would spoil the story.
Cast and Crew
Val Smith Aunt Augusta
Peter Watson Henry Pulling - a retired Bank Manager
Taxi Driver
Colonel Hakim - a Turkish Policeman
David Brown Henry Pulling
Richard Pulling - Henry’s father
O’Toole - a CIA operative
Miss Keene - a spinster with ambitions
Frau General Schmidt - a German Officer’s wife
Estelle Hughes Henry Pulling
Wordsworth - Aunt Augusta’s black “companion”
Vicar
Hatty - a clairvoyant
Miss Paterson - a lonely exile
Detective Sergeant Sparrow - a Policeman
Mr Visconti - an Italian businessman and Aunt Augusta’s lover
Spanish Gentleman
Caroline Papp Girl in Jodhpurs
Hotel Receptionist
Policeman
Tooley - a young American hippy
Turkish Policeman
Italian Girl - a lady of easy virtue
Yolanda - teenage daughter of the Chief of Police
Alvaro Moreno Voice of Spanish Gentleman
Stage Manager - Sheila Dove
Prompt - Barry Baynton
Sound/Digital Images - Joanne Guess
Lighting - John Hewinson
Technical Support - Steve Hawker
Costume/Props/ASM - Mar Godfrey, Moira Hawey, Rod Chapman
Set Design - Peter Watson
FOH Co-ordinator - Maxine Masson