Compton Players’ success

In Two-Night Comedy

For the second production the Compton Players presented the three-act comedy At Mrs Beam’s, by C K Munro in the village Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday last week.

This well-knit play gave ample opportunity for individual characterisation. The part of the loquacious busybody, Miss Shoe, was well sustained by Miss P Person; and Miss B Piper and Mr A Walton rose above the amateur portrayal of cosmopolitan crooks.

Of the remaining inmates of Mrs Beam’s boarding house, “old Miss Cheezle” was amusingly played by Mrs F Maskell, while Mrs G Johns gave a realistic presentation of the incredulous bridge fiend, Mrs Babb. The dreamy, middles-aged toper, Mr Durrows, was in the safe hands of Mr E Golby. Other parts were well taken by Misses B Hill and N Pearse, and Messrs J Bishop and G Smith, the latter giving a thoughtful study of calf love. The Notting Hill Gate establishment was most adequately conducted by Mr E Hill. The play was produced by Mr H J Johns.