BEAR THE FALLING SKY
As always when popularising History, we find ourselves trying to
put the proverbial "quart into a pint pot", presenting a vast
sweep of events and complex issues in a simple, entertaining
format.
The approach we have chosen is to offer you a very simple
narrative, but lots of vignettes of life in the summer and autumn
of 1940, using our actors, singers and musicians to try to give
you the feel of what it was like to be a pilot, a bombed-out Londoner, a nurse etc. As usual, we are supporting it
all with slides and sound effects.
We have had to be selective and no doubt there will be things you
feel we might have included and others we could have left out.
We hope, however, that you will enjoy the overall presentation
and be both informed and entertained.
Every one of the vignettes (or "playlets") is based on a known and
recorded incident or fact. Some of our dialogue is documentary,
but most has been written for this show - to try to compress many
characters into few!
 
Cast List
Nikki Angel - Nurse, Singer
Ruth Buckingham - Section Officer, Nurse
Rosemary Finney - Singer
Carrie Jones - Molly Pantadown, WAAF
Mandy Kirkhain - Singer
Dee Mansfield - Civilian, Singer
Hannah Mawson - Civilian, WAAF
Lesley Rice - WAAF
Debbie Rose - Shocked Woman, WAAF
Ted Baker - Pearly King, Home Guard
Richard Clarke - German Pilot Heinemann, Artillery Sergeant Major
Alec Clapperton - Novice Pilot
George Fleming - Narrator
George Goulding - Squadron Leader Peters
Tony Huxter - Drunken Veteran, Home Guard
Toby James - Spitfire Pilot, Civilian
Christian Jull - Spitfire Pilot, Interrogation Officer
Graham Jull - RAF Erk
Ron Jull - Air Raid Warden
Cameron Loadman - Staffel Kapitan
Graham Paramor - RAF Intelligence Officer, Spiv
Joe Rooney - Home Guard Sergeant, Spiv, Butcher
Paul Routledge - German Pilot
Damon Scott - Spitfire Pilot, News reader
George Todd - Senior RAF Officer
Neil Whitton - Winston Churchill
Children - Samantha Humpries, Philip Humpries
Crew
Director - Sue Paramor
Musical Director - Micheal Warren
Writer - George Fleming
Lighting Designer/Operator - Steve Lucas
Sound Designer - Paul Gulliver
Set Designer/Scenic Constructor - Mike Mansfield
Stage Manager - Lise Maskell
Technical Stage Manager - Ian Laurence-Paramor
Assistant Stage Manager/Props - Natasha Cherry
Assistant Stage Manager/Props - Karen Morgan
Wardrobe Mistress - Beth Laurence-Paramor
Make Up - Sandy Coombs, Mandy Kirkham
Sound Operator - John Beauchamp
Slide Projectionist - Tony Pugh
Chaperone - Dave Schirn
Gentlemen of the Band
Graham Jull, Ron Jull, Martin Smith, Micheal Warren
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London in the Blitz
History at Large
Would like to thank the following
people/organisations for their
help and generosity
towards this production:
The Royal Signals Museum, Blandford Forum
The Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton
Salisbury Militaria Society
TOGS Costume Hire
Harvey's of Hove
Chain Reaction
The 5 Bells Workshop
The Imperial War Museum
Salisbury Territorial Army Centre
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Don Stratton
Jeremy Moody
Pat Jull
Harry Gorlick
Kevin Foster
The Black Horse Inn
The Salisbury Arts Centre
Aviation Heritage Museum
GMCT Photocopying Service
The Salisbury Times & The Salisbury Journal
For more information about History at Large please contact us
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