March 1988
Bonaventure
by Charlotte Hastings
A flood in the fen country has trapped two prison officials and their prisoner, Sarat Carn, who is on her way to the gallows for the murder of her brother. But Sister Mary Bonaventure is convinced of her innocence and just before the police launch arrives, a confession is forced from the real murderer.
The action of the play takes place in the Convent of Our Lady of Rehmis (a nursing order), at Denzil, St David, a village some miles away from Norwich, England. The time is the beginning of 1947
ACTI I
The Great Hall of the Convent, about 6pm
ACT II
Scene 1: Sister Mary's room. Two hours later.
Scene 2: The same. Next evening
Scene 3: The same. Next afternoon
ACT III
The Great Hall. Three hours later
CAST
NURSE PHILIPS
NURSE BENT
SISTER JOSEPHONE
WILY PENTRIDGE
SISTER BONAVENTURE
DR JEFFREYS
MOTHER SUPERIOR
MELLING
SARAT CARN
MISS PIERCE
MARTHA PENTRIDGE
Pauline Sweeney
Wendy Scales
Ida Dann
Neale Webb
Sylvia Grey
Geoff Lovegrove
Patricia Hastings-Hardy
Dick White
Gwen Barrett
Wendy Huggins
Patricia Taylor
CREW
DIRECTOR
STAGE MANAGER
ASSISTED BY
PROPS
PUBLICITY
BUSINESS MANAGER
FRONT OF HOUSE
Jim Lovegrove
Tommy Rath
Marcus Donoghoe, Susan Flynn
Edie Sheppard
Linda Montgomery, Sally Crawford
Ida Dann
Susan Donoghoe