Hobson's Choice

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Wetlands High School O level

Theatre Arts Group

presents

selections from

BOOGAH!

Today was the day of the O level exam performance of Hobson’s Choice!

Selection 1

We are in Hobson’s Boot Shop in Chapel Street, Salford.  The year is 1880.

Hobson – (The Situation’s) Ritcherd Winterfood

Maggie – Pauline Alderton

Vickey – Jo Brownlow (from The Situations The Wetlands Chronicles!)

Alice – Sally Batterham

Mrs Hepworth – Colleen Dix

Albert Prosser – Roger Limb

Selection 2

This follows directly from the 1^st scene.

Hobson – Stephen Cash

Maggie – Tara Speed

Willie – Stan Flowers (from The Situation’s The Wetlands Chronicles!)

Vickey – Kate Nelson

Alice – Roberta Howard

Ada – Mandy James (from The Situation’s A Merry Wetlands Xmas!)

Selection 3

The same scene again but with different actors.  An alternative interpretation.

Hobson – Roger Limb

Maggie – Rachel Baker (from The Situation’s A Merry Wetlands Xmas!)

Willie – Ritcherd Winterfood

Vickey – Astra Trellis (from The Situation’s A Merry Wetlands Xmas!)

Alice – Tia Purdey (from The Situation’s Taped Plastic!)

Ada – Eve Cracknell

Selection 4

Hobson’s parlour.

Hobson – Rod Walpole (from The Situation’s Taped Plastic!)

Maggie – Nicky Brown (from The Situation’s The Wetlands Chronicles!)

Willie – Owen Thomas

Alice – Roberta Howard

Vickey – Kate Nelson

We rehearsed all day (apart from another RE exam!) and my two sections differed from each other quite considerably.  In my first section (as Hobson), the whole thing went crap!  In my second section (as Willy), it went perfect!

That was in rehearsals!

In the O-level performance, it went the opposite.  In the second section, I missed a line, but we got it going again!  Once again, I was with Rachel Baker, and overall it seemed to be okay.

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