When We Are Married
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Performed:
Tuesday, 8 April 1958 - 7:30pm
Director:
Bessie Lamb
Venue:
Hornby Institute, Main Street, Hornby
Cast:
| Ruby Birtle | Dorothy Bracken |
| Gerald Forbes | Richard Towers |
| Mrs Northrop | Noreen Griffin |
| Nancy Holmes | Mary Ashton |
| Fred Dyson | Michael Dillon |
| Henry Ormonroyd | Tom Halhead |
| Alderman Joseph Helliwell | John Holt |
| Maria Helliwell | Maggie Booth |
| Councillor Albert Parker | Harry Dixon |
| Herbert Soppitt | Bill Griffin |
| Clara Soppitt | Edna Smalley |
| Annie Parker | Jean Hallam |
| Lottie Grady | Mary Lamb |
| Rev Clement Mercer | Edward Hallam |
Priestley’s 1938 British farce begins when a group of old friends, all married on the same day in the same chapel, gathers at the Helliwells’ home to celebrate their silver anniversary. When they discover that they are not legally married, each couple initially reacts with proper Victorian horror – what will the neighbours think? – but soon all three couples find themselves re-evaluating their marriages. In the end, of course, everything turns out well, and the play ends on a happy note.