Archives - The Rose Tattoo

by Tennessee Williams

Directed by Jan Sayer

Saturday 16th – Saturday 23rd October 1982 in the Auditorium

Passion, prejudice and superstition orchestrate the lives of a village community on the coast of Louisiana. They induce desperation in the widow Serafina, frustration in her nubile daughter, cynical opportunism in the stranger Alvarez and derision from the neighbours.

“Do you believe strange things? I’ll tell you something about the tattoo…”

The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams - Poster

Part of the Barn’s 1982/1983 season

Presented by The Barn Theatre Club

Cast

Bruno	-	Tom Baker
Salvatore	-	Andrew Read
Vivi	-	Donna Freeman
Serafina delle Rose	-	Carole Baker
Rosa delle Rose (as a young girl)	-	Phaedra Thompson
Assunta	-	Vaughan Meyrick
Estelle Hohengarten	-	Deborah Thompson
The Strega	-	Belinda Putley
Guiseppina	-	Mario Skako
Peppina	-	Maureen Lane
Violetta	-	Ursula Smith
Father de Leo	-	Stanley Meyrick
Doctor	-	Neil Richardson
Crowd	-	Kathryn Barton
Crowd	-	Melanie Freeman
Miss Yorke	-	Peggy Edgerley
Flora	-	Jean Endean
Bessie	-	Maryam Rodway
Rosa della Rose	-	Ruth Thompson
Jack Hunter	-	James Harper
Salesman	-	Ted Garland
Alvaro Mangiacavalio	-	Keith Thompson
Billy (the goat)	-	Pedro

Creative team

Director	-	Jan Sayer
Stage Manager	-	Ken Coppock
Assistant Stage Managers	-	Simon Elder
		John Lloyd
		Tony Iliffe
Set Design	-	Eric Farlie
Set Construction	-	Simon Elder
		Brian Duffy
		Ted Garland
		John Lloyd
		Harrold Muncey
Lighting	-	Eric Farlie
Lighting	-	Pam Farlie
Sound	-	David Shaw
Properties	-	Kathryn Barton
		Shirley Shaw
		Kris Moore
		Peggy Edgerley
Wardrobe	-	Jean Endean
		Val Turner
		Ann Oliver
		Ursula Smith
Prompter	-	Peggy Thompson
Production Secretary	-	Gill Millinger

Pedro appeared by courtesy of Van Hages Garden Centre, Great Amwell