The Sparks Fly Upward (1949)

by Doreen Simpson

Colonnade Theatre

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Production team

Director – Rex Booth

Cast

Councillor Philip Marvin – John Alleyne
Councillor Joe Tuffnell – Harold Baker
Alderman Rainbow – Tom Carless
Councillor Mrs Jelfs – Elsie Collier
Mayor of Milhampton – John Collier
Eve Newton – Barbara Cookson
Claude Gibbons – Henry Evered
Mrs Young – Christine Ford
Queenie Podmore – Joan Forrester
Councillor – Stanley Jackson
Councillor – David John
Incidental Caller – Mary Moore
Alderman Preedy – Brian Olver
Councillor Dr Rosamond Long – Diana Pattinson
Councillor – John Pegg
Smithson – Eric Roberts
Incidental Caller – Joseph Sabin
Town Clerk – Michael Shelly
Mrs Atkinson – Winifred Vause

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