I was in Sleeping beauty in 1971 as Prince Charming and Hatty Neil was Sleeping Beauty. For those there at that time will know it was quite a difficult time for me but for some reason some of my lines had stayed in my mind:
"A stall for my horse a roof for my head a mug of ale and a hunk of bread
I, a stranger from far off lands have heard a tale that near here stands a castle lulled in sleep and deep within the mighty keep......"
My last year at Spyway we did The Nightingale - a spectacular play which could only be done when there were kids in the school able to handle the electrics. Because I was Geoffrey's arch un-favourite I never got offered a part in any play even though I went on to stellar theatrical heights later. Tom Massey played the Emperor of China brilliantly. afterwards at the tea party as I was stuffing myself with the only cake legitimately supplied in the whole year, unless you played in a school home match, Geoffrey sidled up and sort of apologised for overlooking me on the grounds that my maths was so poor. My grandmother, who lived nearby and had 5 grandsons (Stuart, Jesson and Berney) of which I was oldest, was bemoaning the fact that she was destined to watch Spyway's five school plays in rotation for a total of fifteen years!
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The "Three Spinning Women' was another.
I was in Sleeping beauty in 1971 as Prince Charming and Hatty Neil was Sleeping Beauty. For those there at that time will know it was quite a difficult time for me but for some reason some of my lines had stayed in my mind:
"A stall for my horse
a roof for my head
a mug of ale and a hunk of bread
I, a stranger from far off lands have heard a tale that near here stands a castle lulled in sleep and deep within the mighty keep......"
and then it goes blank
Julian
My last year at Spyway we did The Nightingale - a spectacular play which could only be done when there were kids in the school able to handle the electrics. Because I was Geoffrey's arch un-favourite I never got offered a part in any play even though I went on to stellar theatrical heights later. Tom Massey played the Emperor of China brilliantly. afterwards at the tea party as I was stuffing myself with the only cake legitimately supplied in the whole year, unless you played in a school home match, Geoffrey sidled up and sort of apologised for overlooking me on the grounds that my maths was so poor. My grandmother, who lived nearby and had 5 grandsons (Stuart, Jesson and Berney) of which I was oldest, was bemoaning the fact that she was destined to watch Spyway's five school plays in rotation for a total of fifteen years!
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