FUTURE MEETINGS AND PERFORMANCES
OF J.M. BARRIE
Monday 22nd September?
Possible club meeting... (depending on
the date of Edinburgh District SCDA AGM!)
Monday 29th September: (planning/rehearsing for revival of J.M. Barrie) at 129 Mayfield
Rd.
Monday 6th October: (Ditto) at 129 Mayfield Road.
Wednesday 8th October at 2pm: J.M. Barrie at St Cuthbert's Church Hall,
Monday 20th October: (planning/rehearsing
for revival of J.M. Barrie) at 129 Mayfield Rd.
Wednesday 22nd at 1.50pm: J.M. Barrie at Overseas House, Princes Street.
2008 FRINGE
Our annual venture into the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe recently ended with a successful and enjoyable production of
J.M. Barrie - Beyond Neverland,
devised by Douglas Currie. Although we never reached the magic "full
house", attendances were very good. Audience reaction was warm and
responsive and we had the bonus of a three star review from The Scotsman.
That review, plus a number of photos (which will be added to) can now be found
in "Past Productions". Were we also pleased to have Chris Pearson with
us for the first time. Our week at Diverse
Attractions ended, as has become the custom, with a fine meal at the Braid Burn
Inn.
DAVID FORSON
We were saddened
to hear of the death at a nursing home on January 16th of one of our
former members, David Forson. David was actively
involved with the club as an actor, director and stage manager from 1979 until
1986. He was also our Secretary from 1982 to 1984 and was a major architect in
the redrafting of the club's constitution. Club members and audiences will recall with
great pleasure his performances in plays
such as Dear Brutus, Confusions, The Comedy of
the Marks, I Remember Mama, The Long Christmas Dinner, Mixed Doubles, The Fall and Redemption
of Man and The Hollow. But most of us would agree that David's most
memorable performance was as the inebriated photographer in J.B. Priestley's When
We are Married at the Churchill Theatre in November 1983.
The Mercators
