It must be said that of all the plays by the EPPic theatre we find them to be guilty of another fine example in their latest production which ran until the 15th May, in fact it could be said they are 'Dead Guilty' which happened to be the title of the play written by Richard Harris and produced by the Ecclesfield Priory Players own Tom Travis.
With a cast of four this psychological thriller relies on the two main characters to carry it off which it has done admirably in the shape of Wendy Martin and Debbie Cockayne.
Set in the living room of Julia Darrow (Wendy Martin) who is convalescing from injuries received in a car crash in which her married lover John Haddrell suffered a heart attack and died, we are introduced to John's widow, Margaret Haddrell, (Debbie Cockayne) apparently trying to make sense of her husbands death by visiting Julia.
Initially portrayed as a nervous timid creature set against Julia's self confident caustic character we see over time the emergence of Margaret's Jekyll and Hyde persona well presented by Debbie Cockayne who delivered the lines with the appropriate infliction of tone and but supplemented it with body language that took her role from timid to the psychotic,.
Meanwhile Wendy takes Julia through a physical degenerative metamorphosis which by the end has her transformed on stage to a physical and mental wreak.
Like any theatre production the stage has to be set and as usual the rest of the team did a superb job in the design and construction which as we have commented before would leave any West End Production green with envy, shame it has to be taken down.
Another fine production by the Priory Players to which the author has already booked for the next one in October.
With a cast of four this psychological thriller relies on the two main characters to carry it off which it has done admirably in the shape of Wendy Martin and Debbie Cockayne.
Set in the living room of Julia Darrow (Wendy Martin) who is convalescing from injuries received in a car crash in which her married lover John Haddrell suffered a heart attack and died, we are introduced to John's widow, Margaret Haddrell, (Debbie Cockayne) apparently trying to make sense of her husbands death by visiting Julia.
Initially portrayed as a nervous timid creature set against Julia's self confident caustic character we see over time the emergence of Margaret's Jekyll and Hyde persona well presented by Debbie Cockayne who delivered the lines with the appropriate infliction of tone and but supplemented it with body language that took her role from timid to the psychotic,.
Meanwhile Wendy takes Julia through a physical degenerative metamorphosis which by the end has her transformed on stage to a physical and mental wreak.
Like any theatre production the stage has to be set and as usual the rest of the team did a superb job in the design and construction which as we have commented before would leave any West End Production green with envy, shame it has to be taken down.
Another fine production by the Priory Players to which the author has already booked for the next one in October.
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