Aunt Edwina
Comedy about a Colonel who returns from America having undergone a sex change.
The author’s efforts to keep the play going, despite terrible notices, included transferring it to Hammersmith under new management and then playing the lead himself for a final week in Brighton.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Bernardo | Nicholas Selby |
|---|---|
| Cecilia Ryan MFH | Margaretta Scott |
| Colonel Edward Ryan DSO, MFH | Henry Kendall |
| David Ryan | Kenneth Fortescue |
| Irma | Marina Martin |
| Major Reggie Privett MC | Cyril Raymond |
| Mrs Devon | Christine Roberts |
| Rosemary Ryan | Hilary Tindall |
| Sandra Bendle | Gay Cameron |
| Senator Joseph P Bendle | Launce Maraschal |
| Tommy Devon | Peter Cellier |
| Major Reggie Privett MC (replacement) | Geoffrey Lumsden
(started 12th January 1960) |
| Mrs Devon (replacement) | Dorothy Baird
(started 12th January 1960) |
| Colonel Edward Ryan DSO, MFH (replacement) | William Douglas Home
(started 8th February 1960) |
Crew | |
| Designer | Michael Weight |
| Director | Wallace Douglas |
| Press Representative | Torrington Douglas |
| Presented by | Anna Deere Wiman
(September 1959 – January 1960) |
| Presented by | E P Clift
(September 1959 – January 1960) |
| Presented by | J Baxter Somerville
(12th January – 13th February 1960) |
- Source: University of Bristol Theatre Collection
- Last modified by Michael Hope.
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Play description
Comedy about a Colonel who returns from America having undergone a sex change.
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