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FEATS '81
5TH FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN ANGLOPHONE
THEATRICAL SOCIETIES
Toneelzaal, Nederlands Congresgebouw
The Hague
5,6and 7 June 1981
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others who provided hospitality for our guests.
FEATS '8 1 Festival Organization
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FEATS: How it began and grows
The fist idea of running a festival of oneact plays for English-speaking
amateur theatre groups was generated in 1975 by the Anglo-American
Theatre Group (AATG). Although drama festivals are well established
annual events in the United Kingdom and in other countries, there
existed no equivalent for Englishspeaking groups on the Continent.
The original proposal was to establish the Festival as an annual event in
The Hague but since 1976 was the year of British Weekin Rotterdam it
was decided, with the agreement and support of the organizers, t o make
it part of the festivities.
In the event, it was a modest festival of two nights in the Rotterdamse
Schouwburg during which six plays were presented by groups from
Wildenrath (Federal Republic of Germany), Antwerp, Brussels, Amsterdam, Bnmsum and The Hague. The adjudicator was Adrian Brine, well
known m the Netherlands as a director. First place was taken by the
English Comedy Club's presentation of After Magritte by Tom Stoppard.
The experience gained in running the Festival made it clear that the responsibility of organizing it annually was beyond the resources of a
single group, making it necessary to rotate it among the well-placed
major cities of the Benelux.
In 1978, the British American Theatrical Society (BATS) of Antwerp
undertook to run the Festival; and a loosely organized committee mcluding the AATG, BATS and the English Comedy Club of Brussels was
formed t o ensure the continuation of the event, and a t the same time the
title FEATS was agreed.
The 1978 FEATS in Antwerp covered three nights in which seven plays
were presented, o f which three were from the Netherlands, two from
Belgium and one each from Germany and Luxembourg. The adjudicator
Walter Lucas. Chairman of the British Theatrical Association. awarded
f i s t prize to thc English Comedy Club's Double Double by l a k e s Saunthat
ders. The successof this Festival confirmed the ever growing-opinion
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FEATS should become a permanent event.
In 1979 Brussels was the venue; ECC, the hosts; and nine plays were
presented in a threeday event as part of Brussels 1000 years celebrations.
The adjudicator was Anthony Cornish, now Director of Drama for Capital Radio Limited, London. The general standard of the Festival was very
high and a true spmt o f competition had arisen. First prize this time was
presented t o the New World Theatre Club, Luxembourg, for their performance of Interview by Jean Claude van Itallie.
By now, FEATS was well established and the three founder groups were
joined by the New World Theatre Club of Luxembourg, who took on the
responsibility for the 1980 event in May that year. Again nine plays were
presented over three nights, the groups coming from Belgium, Germany,
Luxembourg, Netherlands and Switzerland. Once again Anthony Cornish
adjudicated and the standard was W e r than ever before. First prize
went to the Kent Players, Germany, for their production of Act 111 of
R.C. Sheniffs Journey'n End.
The four hosting groups have now strengthened the Festival organization
by the formal creation of the FEATS Steering Committee with the.
purpose of securing the Festival's future. Currently, the Committee
consists of Mervyn Briscoe, AATG, (Chairman); Peter Cam-North, New
World Theatre Club, Luxembourg; Ian Davis, ECC; and Alec Robertson,
BATS.
Every year twentyeight Englishspeaking groups o n the Continent are
invited to participate, ranging from Stockholm to Florence, and normally
thirteen t o fifteen positive replies are received which leads t o the need
for a selection by ballot. There may bea timein the future when the festival
will run f o r a week and we can accept all the plays offered.
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Adjudicator
Paul idorby has been a produccr at thc Lnivcrsily of Birmingham's
Television and Film Unit for thc past 12 ?cars. Born in Wakefield,
Yorkshire, Mr. blurby's training at the Leeds College of Music and
Dramatic Art was interrupted by wartilul: scrvicc in thc Royal Navy.
He returned to South Yorkshire aftcr the war l o produce arnakur
drama and was latcr awrrrdcd it scholurship to the Old Vic. Theatre
Schoul, Lundon.
He has widc cxperiencc in reperlvry production and was Stage ,Manager
for thc first uul of London tour wlth Wilfrid Pickles; and Stage Director
and Company Manager, Produccr and Re-writer f'or the stage version of
The Archers which played throughout t h e U.K.. Ile spent three years
as BBC Floor Marrager o f the Drama, Children's arid Music Departments
a1 Linic Grove, London, and I 3 years as BBC T V Producer Midlands
Rcgion.
h member of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators, Mr. Morby has judged
numerous festivals in the U .K, including many youth d r a m festivals and
the G.P.0. Drarrla Festivals. Last year, by invitation of the Zambian
Theatre Association, hc adjudicated their a n n u d fcstival f u r adult *and
senior secondary schools. Earlicr this ycar, he adjudicated the Drama,
Music and Youlh Sections ot' the Festival of Acting and Musical Entertainment a t thc Old Rcp., Bkmingham.
As a professional pfiotographer, h e is interested in portraiture and 'social
documentation'. His tclcvision film-making activities h a w won him among
others thc 1970 Bell 6% Howell Award fur Production and tllc 1980
BISFA Award in Amsterdam. llis most recent television recordings with
the University are Be'rGnicc (Racine), L1,rcle Vanyu (Chekovj, Conqrcest
of Granada (Uryden) arrd The Way of t h c World (Congrevej.
THE BRITISH AMERICAN THEATRICAL SOCIETY, ANTWERP
Barnstable
by James Saunders
Director: Erik Maes
CAST
Iielen Carboy
Charles Carboy, hcr father
The Reverend Wandsworth
Teeter
Daphne Carboy, Charles' wift
Sandra, her maid
Anne LrPoole
Paul Rochr
John Kingsmill
G wen Kingsmill
Anne Edwards
Scene: Thc drawing room of tlw Carboy home on a spring morning.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Stagc Manager
Ddwr designer
DEwr
Sound
LightslProps
Stage Crew
Marcel Huhn
Ron Williams
Chris Bishop
Chad Coussrnakcr
Gwen liuhn, Ria Ycrvlier
BATS Crew
THE PLAY
Barnstable might be an absurd approach t o recognizable reality. The part
of BamstabIe dominates all other absurd characters o n stage in its simple
(straightforward?) absurdity by the mere fact that he never appears on
stage. Nevertheless, he is always present in the absurd world of thought
of the protagonists, who in an absurd way continue t o experience their
tangible realities, totally unaware of the presence of their even more
absurd fellow humans, o r the absurdity of the destruction of the surrounding everyday absurd world.
THE THEATRE COMPANY
BATS, founded twenty-five years ago this year, now have 100 members
and put on three plays per season plus a Xmas pantomime. Founding
members of FEATS, they hosted the Festival in 1978. Past productions
range from light comedies through serious drama (Antigone, last season)
to classics like Tom Joner and Wild Oars. Initially their audience was predominantly British, but now half the average of 600 per night are Englishspeaking Flemish people.
THE LEIDEN ENGLISH-SPEAKING THEATRE
The Zoo Story
by Edward Albee
Director: Henry I. Schvey
CAST
Jerry
Pcter
Junkie
Rick van Vlict
Peter Lourens
Jos van dcr Stccn
PRODUCTlON STAFF
Assistant Duector/Stagc Manager
Building Coordina l01
Lights
Prompt
Costunies/Props
Make-up
Ton Hocnsclaars
Pieter Manders
Theo Bopcls
Jos van der Sleen
Monica Buys
Cdcile Ver burg
THE PLAY
T h e Zoo Story was Edward Albee's first play, written in 1958. Despite
this, it has none of the traces of a juvenile work and has already attained
the status of a modem classic. Set in Central Park, New York City,
on a sundrenched Sunday afternwn, The Zoo Story is a confrontation
of antithetical lifestyles: between Peter who has, and Jeny who has not.
But the aggressiveness of that confrontation should not blind u s to the
fact that the play is also a desperate plea for contact and understanding
from one member of the human zoo to another - an attempt to overcome the fact that all of us are condemned t o isolation in our separate
cages.
THE THEATRE COMPANY
The Leiden English Speaking Theatre (LEST) was founded in 1975 by
Dr. Henry I. Schvey in conjunction with students from the English
Department of Leiden University. Among its major productions in recent
years have been Wilder's Our Town, Rattigan's Sepamte Tables, Pinter's
A Night Out and The Lover. In 1980 LEST'S widely acclaimed production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing was invited on an
extensive tour of the Netherlands, culminating in performances at the
Universities of Oxford and Salford, U.K. The Zoo Story is part of a
double bill which was commissioned by The Netherlands Institute
for Advanced Studies for their tenth anniversary celebration in June,
1981. Subsequent performances are scheduled for Amsterdam and
Leiden.
FEAII
5TH FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN ANG
FRIDAY, 5 JUNE 1981
20.00 Barnstable by James Saunders
The British American Theatrical Society (BATS)
Antwerp, Belgium
Interval: 20 minutes
2 1 .OS The Zoo Story by Edward Albee
The Leiden EnglishSpeaking Theatre (LEST)
Netherlands
Interval: 20 minutes
22.10 The Respectable Wedding by Bertolt Brecht
The Anglo-American Theatre Group (AATG)
The Hague, Netherlands
The audience is kindly requested to remain seated for the
adjudication by Mr. Paul Morby
SATURDAY, 6 JUNE 1981
20.00 Two Summers by Gillian Plowman
The Ariel Theatre Guild (ATG), MZSnchengladbach, Federal Rep.
of Germany
21.05 Deep Blue Sea (Act 11) b y Terence Rattigan
The Hamburg Players (HP),
Federal Rep. of Germany
22.10 Absurd Person Singular (Act 11) by Alan Ayckbourn
The Kent Players, (KP)
Hostert, Federal Rep. of Germany
The audience is kindly requested to remain seated for the
adjudicatlon by Mr. Paul Morby
rS '81
;LOPHONE THEATRICAL SOCIETIES
SUNDAY, 7 JUNE l98 1
20.00 A Slight Accident by James Saunders
The Highbury Little Theatre (HLT)
Sutton Coldfield, U.K.
Interval: 20 minutes
2 1.05 Miss in Her Teens by David Garrick
The English Corned y Club (ECC)
Brussels, Belgium
Interval: 20 minutes
22.10 m e Orchestra by Jean Anouilh
The New World Theatre Club (NWTC)
Luxembourg
The audience is kindly asked to remain seated for the Festival
adjudication by Mr. Paul Morby
Presentation of the Awuds by Mr M. van Erkel, Director for
International Reladons, Ministry of Culture, Recreation and
Social Affairs
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Trophy for the Best Actor:
Trophy for the Best Actress:
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The Respectable Wedding
by Bertolt Brecht
Director: Rod. 0 . West, assisted by Fay Ellis
CAST
T l ~ cBride's Fathcr
The Bridegroom's Molhcr
Thc Bridc
Her Sister
Thc B~idcgroom
His Friend
Th c Wifc
Her Husband
Thc Young Man
Alexander Kroonenberg
Meryl van Eek
Judith Fabian
Jannic HourveMg
Peter Clemcrson
Erns1 Enschede
Lindi Meaney
Brian Evans
David Morris
PRODUCTION STAFF
Sragc Manager
Asst. Stage Manager & Props
Set
Sound
Lights
Costumes
Ma kc-up
Hair Styling
Joc Dye
Pcnny West
John Humphrcy
David Cummergcn
Chriv Ellis
DeUa Johnson
Keith Bayross
Rosalind Cummergcn
THE PLAY
Not so funny when you're the respected son of a managing director and
you discover your girl-friend is pregnant. Especially when your first
couple of plays are good (you know it); and an enforced marriage in a
slow German town could trap you in a perhaps inescapable straitjacket
of conformity. In such a situation the man destined to become the
Theatre's great innovator wrote this examination o f a state of marriage
which may have involved himselves.
THE THEATRE COMPANY
AATC celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and has just completed
its 52nd production. Programme profits given t o charity approach the
f 100,000 mark. With membership open t o all English-speaking peoples,
the 180 members include many Dutch and some of other nationality.
As weU as the two major annual productions and monthly play readings,
the AATG stages a yearly children's show, some little theatre productions,
cabarets and other in-house events. As organizer of the first FEATS in
Rotterdam in 1976, the Group is pleased to host FEATS81 and welcomes all participants to its home city, The Hague.
THE ARlEL THEATRE GUILD, MONCHENGLADBACH
Two Summers
by Gillian Plowman
Director: A l b a t Riiey, misted by Frank Bulmer
CAST
Thc Colonel's Wife
The Sergcanl
Thc Old Woman
Thc Old Man
The Colonel
The Stcward
PRODUCTION STAFF
Manager
Designer
Sound
Stage
Ligh ls
Stage Crew
Costumes
Make-up
Welfare
Ann EUendcr
MO Watt
Bctty Franklin
Peter Grist
Diccon Masterman
Tim Uheatley
David Coward
Nathan Perch
Rick Drury
Tony Thorpc
Jim Boyd and Lcs Julian
Jan Saundcrs
Sue Shaxon
Frank Franklin
THE PLAY
This first play by Gillian Plowman won her the 1980 RAF Theatre Association play-writing competition. It receives only its second production
(and its Continental prernihre) at FEATS%1.
Time is spanned t o set the action simultaneously in a Colonel's house in
Singapore in 1932 and a n English cottage in 1972. A sergeant is asked to
provide music for the social occasions given by the Colonel and his wife.
Chopin acts as a catalyst for the wife's discontent. The echoes of her
ensuing behaviour still reverberate forty years later.
THE THEATRE COMPANY
The Guild is one of three dramatic societies at NATO H.Q. Rheindahlen.
Over 25 years old, this predominantly Royal Air Force society also has
a strong civilian membership and some Army members.
Thc Guild normally presents about four major productions per year in
the Garrison Theatre, Rheindden. I n addition, i t has an active social
programme of ge t-togethen to indulge invaried forms of Thespian activity.
The Guild is proud to mark their first appearance in FEATS with a new
play written by a former Guild member.
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THE HAMBURG PLAYERS
Deep Blue Sea (Act 11)
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by Terence Rattigan
Director: Peter Bigelestone
CAST
Freddie Pagc
Jackie Jackson
HesterCollycr
Mr. Miller
Sir Williarn Collyer
Robert McEwan-Read
Peter Wintgens
Elizabeth FIerning
Dieter Richert
Slim CoweU
Scene: The sitting room of a furnished flat in London during a September afternoon in 1952.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Stage Manager
Assisistdnrs
Douglas J ohnson
Pcter Mason, Peter Hall, Peter Reinhold
and Cathy Jones
THE PLAY
The anguish of a society woman is depicted as she leaves her rich, influential husband out of physical attraction for a younger, socially inferior,
ex-RAF pilot. Her young lover's inadequacies lead her to attempted suicide
which, when he discovers it only widens the gap between them. The play
outlines the emotional battle between 'the devil and the deep blue sea':
should she return to the security and affection of her husband or try to
hold on to the man she loves, even though she knows they can never be
happy together.
THE THEATRE COMPANY
Formed in 1965 the Company has at present around 100 members,
half of which are actively engaged in three annual productions, playing
to audiences of almost 3,000. Profits ensure continuity of standard
and the maintenance of the clubhouse where rehearsals take place and
other activities are staged for members and their friends t o raise money
for worthwhile charities. Over the years, more than DM 25,000 in cash
or kind has been given to orphanages, retarded children's special schools
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THE KENT PLAYERS, HOSTERT
Absurd Person Singular (Act 11)
by Alan Ayckbourn
Director: Drnny Strike
CAST
Sidney
Janc
Ronald
Marion
Ceoffrcy
Ev a
Prompt
Jeff Harris
Tina SheUcy
Austen Welch
Sylvia Becketl
Roger Fetherston
Jan Weh
Linda Lodge
Y RODUCTION STAFF
Stage Manager
Set Devign
Set Construction
Sound
Lights
Props
Front+[-House
Business Manager
Derek Ebbage
Allan A. Roach
Doug Anderson and Pat Cassidy
Martin Woods
Robert Wallace
Barbara Stainsby
Allyson Wallace
Ron Ion
THE PLAY
Absurd Person Singuhr is a comedy of character and situation. In its
burlesque and caricature, it is like all good comedy not without a certain
social comment.
THE THEATRE COMPANY
Kent Players was formed three years ago by teachers of the Kent School,
Hostert, a comprehensive school catering for the childnn of British
Servicemen in Germany. In its short history, Kent Players has been winner
and runnerup of the British Forces Germany Drama Festival, and Winner
of FEATS '80.
THE HIGHBURY LITTLE THEATRE, SUTTON COLDFIELD
A Slight Accident
by James Saunders
Director: Hazel Lendreth
CAST
Penclope
Camilla
Rodger
Harry
PRODUCTION STAFF
Stagc Manager
Sound
Lights
Props
Prornptcr
Margaret Binks
Sara Fielding
Justin Power
Michael Hughes
Rob Jones
Ros Jones
Roger Fielding
Judy Hopkin
Constance Crainger
THE PLAY
A Slight Accident is a comedy of two women friends and their husbands.
One of the women sums up the play thus: 'There's the normal course of
events carrying itself along as usual in a nice straight grey line, and then
suddenly out of the blue there's this ludicrous occurrence.'
THE THEATRE COMPANY
Highbury Little Theatre is a private-membership theatre seating 116
people. It is owned by the Company and was one of the founder members
of the Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain. The first meeting of the
Group that became Highbury Little Theatre took place in 1924 and performances were given in church halls and the like. The Theatre itself
opened in 1942, being built literally brick by brick by the members of
the Company, several of whom are still actively connected with the
Theatre. The Company stages scven productions a year, apart from
Youth Theatre productions, studio shows and one-nightatands by
professional groups.
THE ENGLISH COMEDY CLUB, BRUSSELS
Miss in Her Teens
by David Garrick
Director: Maggy Williamn
CAST
Miss Biddy Bellair
Aunt
Tag, her maidservant
Captain Loveit
Suitors
Fzibble
Flash
to Biddy
Sir Simon Lovcit
Puff, servant to ~pt.Loveit
Jasper, a m n t to Sir Simon
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Susan Blackwell
Sarah Scheele
Brenda Dyke
Guy Andrew
Colin Black
Vivian Auer
Michael Waugh
lan Dans
David Williams
Scene: London, a street and chamber.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Stage Manager
Set
Master Carpenter
Sound
Kits
Costumes
Props
Nicky Haniron
Bob Bendsr
Treeve Jelbert
Stephen Harman
John Hart
Vicky Creighton-Williamson
Pukko Saijonmaa
THE PLAY
This is an afterpiece. During the 18th and 19th centuries. the mah. often
tragic, fiveact ;ntcrtainment was followcd by a shon, often funny, play
to lighten the evening's closinb mood. Gamck, the greatest actor in an
age i f brilliant acting and a successful theatre manager, is less well-known
as an author. Of his 31 plays, the most interesting Miss I n Her Teens
(written in 1747) has an innovatory blend of shortened comedy, satiric
farce and naturalism which was much imitated in the rest of the century.
THE THEATRE COMPANY
Founded in 1909. the ECC is one of the Continent's oldest E n M amateur dramatic gro;ps, although plays were put o n in Brussels English
as earlv as 1860. Current membershiv is around 250. In addition to about
four major productions performed each season, a number of music halls,
cabarets and workshops are organized. A large part of the proceeds goes
to Belgian-based charities. Involved in FEATS from the start, the ECC
forms part of the Festival SteeringCommittee;and won first place in 1976
and 1978.
THE NEW WORLD THEATRE CLUB, LUXEMBOURG
The Orchestra
by Jean Anouilh
Director: Peter Cur-North
CAST
Patticis (Violin)
Pamela (Violln)
Madame Hortense (Double Bass
and Leader of the Orehnrra)
Suzanne DCliciar (Cellos)
Ann Overstall
Margaret Love
Hilary Dawson
Wendy Dunning
Ernmeline (Violin)
Hilary Guerra
LCona (Flute)
lrene Lowy
Chris Bearne
Monsieur ~ebonie( ~ a n a ~of
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Waiter
PRODUCTION STAFF
Stage Manager
Set
Sound
Lights
Costumes
Props
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Prompter
David Buckley
Tim Thornas
Grahsm Fairfax-Jones
Piem DiUenburg
Bill Bray
Jim Ashton
Annabel Shand
David Buckley
Geraldine Ashton
Lu Can-North
THE PLAY
The chat, gossip and bitchery of a ladies ensemble are orchestrated into
an ingenious and original work by Anodh. Scra~inn
- - out schmaltzv music
in a &tipation sufterers' spa iearoom, each musician hares both soul
and a toothily false smile at the audience. indukina in an o m of selfrevelation in-boasting over sex. Suzanne'is poise&vely in 'ibve with
M. U o n who, with an invalid wife, findssolace in Mme. Hortense's ample
bosom.
THE THEATRE COMPANY
The New World Theatre Club of Luxembourg, hosts of FEATS '80 and
winners in 1979,isarelativeIy small group of 40 who present,on average,
three major pmductionsannually plusin-house shows, etc.. Over the years
the Club has presented a variety of entertainment (Shakespeare, farce,
melodrama, revue) t o Englishspeaking audiences, many of whom are
their friends the Luxembourgers.
with best wishes
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