Hobson's Choice (2024) - Revision history

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	[[Category:Productions]]		[[Category:Productions written by Harold Brighouse]]
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	[[Category:Productions at The Tower Theatre]]		[[Category:Productions at The Tower Theatre]]

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	Set Design;;[[Robert Emptage]]		Set Design;;[[Robert Emptage]]
	Set Construction;;[[Graham Burgess]], [[Ben Forrest]], [[Graham Jeffery]], [[Pat McNamee]], [[Rachael Parry-Taylor]], [[Karen Prineas]], [[Paul Hoveman]], [[Michael Pearce]], [[Chris Henry]], [[Robert Emptage]], [[David Lewis]], [[John Kennett]], [[Murray Ethell]] & [[Nat Shucksmith]]		Set Construction;;[[Graham Burgess]], [[Ben Forrest]], [[Graham Jeffery]], [[Pat McNamee]], [[Rachael Parry-Taylor]], [[Karen Prineas]], [[Paul Hoveman]], [[Michael Pearce]], [[Chris Henry]], [[Robert Emptage]], [[David Lewis]], [[John Kennett]], [[Murray Ethell]] & [[Nat Shucksmith]]
	Lighting;;[[Dan Smith]]		Lighting;;[[Dan Smith (Lighting Designer)]]
	Sound;;[[Steve Hawkins]]		Sound;;[[Steve Hawkins]]
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FHODSArchive: /* A message from the director... */

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A message from the director...

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	It may be set in Lancashire and detail the decline and fall of a tyrannical Salford shoe shop owner, but it is about people everywhere. I hope you enjoy it.		It may be set in Lancashire and detail the decline and fall of a tyrannical Salford shoe shop owner, but it is about people everywhere. I hope you enjoy it.

	This is my debut as a director for FHODS and I couldn't have asked for a finer ~~cas~~ or better technical and backstage support to tell our story. So, welcome to Salford in 1966 and to Hobson's shoe shop...		This is my debut as a director for FHODS and I couldn't have asked for a finer cast or better technical and backstage support to tell our story. So, welcome to Salford in 1966 and to Hobson's shoe shop...

	...Rebooted!		...Rebooted!

FHODSArchive: /* For The Tower Theatre */

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For The Tower Theatre

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	=For The Tower Theatre=		=For The Tower Theatre=
	*''' Technical Theatre Manager:''' [[Robert White]]		*''' Technical Theatre Manager:''' [[Robert White]]
	* '''Events/Marketing Manager: [[Michelle Hartley]]		* '''Events/Marketing Manager:''' [[Michelle Hartley]]
	* '''Duty Manager:''' [[Gary Ingoldby-Spate]]		* '''Duty Manager:''' [[Gary Ingoldby-Spate]]
	* '''Box Office and Admin:''' [[Ella Riley]]		* '''Box Office and Admin:''' [[Ella Riley]]

FHODSArchive: /* The Production Team */

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The Production Team

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	* '''Set Construction:''' [[Graham Burgess]], [[Ben Forrest]], [[Graham Jeffery]], [[Pat McNamee]], [[Rachael Parry-Taylor]], [[Karen Prineas]], [[Paul Hoveman]], [[Michael Pearce]], [[Chris Henry]], [[Robert Emptage]], [[David Lewis]], [[John Kennett]], [[Murray Ethell]] and [[Nat Shucksmith]]		* '''Set Construction:''' [[Graham Burgess]], [[Ben Forrest]], [[Graham Jeffery]], [[Pat McNamee]], [[Rachael Parry-Taylor]], [[Karen Prineas]], [[Paul Hoveman]], [[Michael Pearce]], [[Chris Henry]], [[Robert Emptage]], [[David Lewis]], [[John Kennett]], [[Murray Ethell]] and [[Nat Shucksmith]]
	* '''Illustrations:''' [[Eleanor Prineas]]		* '''Illustrations:''' [[Eleanor Prineas]]
	* '''Artwork & ~~design~~:''' [[Aaron Birks]]		* '''Artwork & Design:''' [[Aaron Birks]]
	* '''Media:''' [[Malcolm Laye]]		* '''Media:''' [[Malcolm Laye]]
	* '''Marketing:''' [[Merewyn Forrest]]		* '''Marketing:''' [[Merewyn Forrest]]

FHODSArchive: /* Cast */

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Cast

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	* [[Paul Moran]] ''as Jim Heeler''		* [[Paul Moran]] ''as Jim Heeler''
	* [[Charmian Heselden]] ''as Mrs Hepworth''		* [[Charmian Heselden]] ''as Mrs Hepworth''
	* [[Ben Forrest]] ''as Dr Macfarlane]]		* [[Ben Forrest]] ''as Dr Macfarlane''
	* [[James Durkin]] ''as Timothy Tubby Wadlow''		* [[James Durkin]] ''as Timothy Tubby Wadlow''

FHODSArchive: /* Cast */

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Cast

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	=Cast=		=Cast=
	* [[Patrick McNamee]] '''as Henry Horatio Hobson''		* [[Patrick McNamee]] ''as Henry Horatio Hobson''
	* [[Alice Hawkins]] ''as Maggie Hobson''		* [[Alice Hawkins]] ''as Maggie Hobson''
	* [[Rachael Parry-Taylor]] ''as Alice Hobson''		* [[Rachael Parry-Taylor]] ''as Alice Hobson''

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 * '''Stage Manager:''' [[Owen Wilshire]]
 * '''Deputy Stage Manager:''' [[Nicola Jarrett]]
-* '''Lighting:''' [[Dan Smith (Lighting Designer)]]
+* '''Lighting:''' [[Dan Smith (Lighting Designer)|Dan Smith]]

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	The [[Folkestone-Hythe Operatic and Dramatic Society]] presented ''Hobson's Choice'' on 16-18 May 2024 at [[The Tower Theatre]], Folkestone. An amateur production by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd.		The [[Folkestone-Hythe Operatic and Dramatic Society]] presented ''Hobson's Choice'' on 16-18 May 2024 at [[The Tower Theatre]], Folkestone. An amateur production by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd.

			=A message from the director...=
			''Hobson's Choice'' was first produced in London in 1916 and, since then, has remained popular with both professional and amateur theatre companies alike. In fact, it was the last production at FHODS' [[The Little Theatre\|Little Theatre]] in 2006, before they moved to [[The Tower Theatre]].

			Although more than 100 years old, the play remains both contemporary and honest, with ideas and attitudes concerning gender roles and class divisions. By updating the play to a more modern era, I feel it brings it closer to us.

			Two of the key themes of the play are the right of women to determine their own lives, and the rebellion of the younger generation against their parents' outdated values; concepts that were very mcuh to the fore in the mid 60s.

			''Hobson's Choice'' is at heart a very human story; a love story in fact.

			It is also very funny.

			It may be set in Lancashire and detail the decline and fall of a tyrannical Salford shoe shop owner, but it is about people everywhere. I hope you enjoy it.

			This is my debut as a director for FHODS and I couldn't have asked for a finer cas or better technical and backstage support to tell our story. So, welcome to Salford in 1966 and to Hobson's shoe shop...

			...Rebooted!

			'''[[Graham Jeffery]], ''Director'''''

			=Cast=
			* [[Patrick McNamee]] '''as Henry Horatio Hobson''
			* [[Alice Hawkins]] ''as Maggie Hobson''
			* [[Rachael Parry-Taylor]] ''as Alice Hobson''
			* [[Karen Prineas]] ''as Vickey Hobson''
			* [[Graham Burgess]] ''as Albert Prosser''
			* [[Murray Ethell]] ''as Fred Beenstock''
			* [[Chris Henry]] ''as William Mossop''
			* [[Eleanor Prineas]] ''as Ada Figgins''
			* [[Paul Moran]] ''as Jim Heeler''
			* [[Charmian Heselden]] ''as Mrs Hepworth''
			* [[Ben Forrest]] ''as Dr Macfarlane]]
			* [[James Durkin]] ''as Timothy Tubby Wadlow''

			=The Production Team=
			* '''Director:''' [[Graham Jeffery]]
			* '''Producer:''' [[Becki Reynolds]]
			* '''Stage Manager:''' [[Owen Wilshire]]
			* '''Deputy Stage Manager:''' [[Nicola Jarrett]]
			* '''Lighting:''' [[Dan Smith (Lighting Designer)]]