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Candleford

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  6w, 12m

Keith Dewhurst, Flora Thompson

Candleford
by Keith Dewhurst, from the book by Flora Thompson

A sequel to Lark Rise, Candleford is also performed with audience and players freely mingling, re-enacting a meeting of the local hunt in mid-winter. It concentrates on events in the Oxfordshire village where Flora Thompson worked in the post office-…

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 12m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptations (Literature), Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
A sequel to Lark Rise, Candleford is also performed with audience and players freely mingling, re-enacting a meeting of the local hunt in mid-winter. It concentrates on events in the Oxfordshire village where Flora Thompson worked in the post office-cum-blacksmith, includes music and song, and ends with a flash forward to her own unhappy married life, after which Company and audience perform the Grand Circle Dance. Music is available on hire. Contained in a volume with Lark Rise

Laura: 14
Edmund
Emma Timms
Albert Timms
Mrs Peverill
Mrs Andrews
Landlord
Dorcas Lane
Zillah: maid
Mathew: foreman
Bill: apprentice smith
Bavour: apprentice smith
Solomon: apprentice smith
Thomas Brown
Mrs Gubbins
Mrs Macey
John
Robert
Mr Chitty
Sir Timothy: squire
Sir Austin
Mrs Gascoigne
Mr Rowbotham
Lavinia
Lavinia's Mother
Lavinia's Father
Huntsman
Cinderella Doe
Looney Joe
Cowman Joliffe
Mr Coulsdon: rector
Mr Wilkins: carrier
Minnie Hickman
Ben Trollope
Tom Ashley
Mr Cochrane: post o-ce inspector
John: Laura's husband

  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting An open stage
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Play w/ Music

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
  • Optional Music/Media Fee: £10 per performance

Authors

Author

Keith Dewhurst

Author

Flora Thompson

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