Compton players, presenting Quiet Weekend by Esther McCracken on Tuesday and Wednesday last week in the Village Hall, had large and appreciative audiences. Staging difficulties were commendably overcome and the liveliness and speed of action were well maintained. The week-end cottage owners, Mr and Mrs Royd, were played with assurance by Alec Walton and Gladys Johns. Their near neighbour, Adrian Barasord, J.P., a diffident, middle-aged bachelor involved in a discreditable poaching incident, was most entertainingly portrayed by David Dall. The lady of his affections, Mary Jarrow, was quietly and effectively characterised by Edith Hill.

The parts of Jim and Marcia Brent, the son-in-law and daughter of the Royds, with their golfing and holiday differences, were nicely sustained by Geoffrey Smith and Joyce Wells. The garrulous village concert organiser, Ella Spender, was played by Elsie Thomas. Worthy of particular notice were Janet Pearse and Peter Monger, who sincerely portrayed the tender love between Miranda Bute and Denys Royd; a love temporarily overshadowed by the blandishments of Rowena Marriott, suavely expressed by Isa Dolan. Minor parts were completely filled by Colin Pearse, as Sam Pecker, the handyman; Shirley Samuels, as Sally Spender, a tom-boy schoolgirl, and Florence Maskell as the family servant.

The play was produced by Mr H J Johns. The Players earn commendation for the high quality of the material they put before their public and the general excellence of their productions.