Day of Reckoning by Pam Valentine -
The Cast
Ethel Swift Jocelyn Pearce
Angela Brownlee Megan Boddy
Mavis Partridge Jenni Churches
Sally Martin Vikki Gomm
Gloria Pitt Rose Whitelock
Pauline Morris Mandi McDermott
Marjorie Organ Caroline McDonnell
Geoffrey Morris Matt Aspden
The summer fete committee of a typical British village meets on a cold January night to discuss arrangements for that year’s fete. As committee protocol gives way to bickering and gossip. We begin to see the personalities of those present – Ethel, who knows everything about everyone; Pauline, the vicar’s long suffering wife; Gloria, exhausted by caring for her elderly mother; horsey Marjorie who is very attentive to the shy new teacher, Angela; Elderly Mavis who chooses when to observe and when to play senile and Sally, the brisk Army wife, Much innuendo abounds around the vicar whose faith is in question and who enjoys more than his share of the communion wine. Thus the tip of the iceberg is presented, but it is in Act II, during the fete, that the secrets and hidden agendas of the “ordinary” people unravel. Much has happened to everyone six months further on, not all of it predictable. The cathartic events of the fete are related with humour and pathos, and the upbeat ending affirms the enduring value of village life.
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