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The White Cliffs

Full-Length Play  /  5w, 2m

Bettine Manktelow

It is 1948 and Britain is still recovering from World War II. To 'The White Cliffs', a Midlands boarding-house, comes a group of concert performers who are touring with a Summer Revue, and they are in for an eventful week. Mrs Murdoch, the landlady, hides her war-traumatized son Danny away in the ho…

The White Cliffs

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
It is 1948 and Britain is still recovering from World War II. To 'The White Cliffs', a Midlands boarding-house, comes a group of concert performers who are touring with a Summer Revue, and they are in for an eventful week. Mrs Murdoch, the landlady, hides her war-traumatized son Danny away in the house and the disappearance of one of the performers, and a suspicious accident occurring to another, leads Jane (one half of The Joysticks, a comedy and music duo) to seek him out ... The solution to the mystery proves to be as moving as it is intriguing, with a very human situation at its root.
History
First presented by Bettine Manktelow at The Kilshawe Theatre, Deal, Kent on 19th Septmber 2003
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Performing Groups

Margaret Murdoch:  The landlady of the boarding house, fierce and domineering, 50s.

Jane:  attractive singer and dancer, one half of "the Joysticks"  20s

Joy:  Brash and super-confident, the other half of "the Joysticks".  20s.

Gloria:  The magician's assistant, pretty and naieve, 17.

Monty Marks:  A Jewish comedian, kind and warm-hearted.  50s

Serena Sartoni:  A singer and prima donna.  40 -50.

Marvo:  The magician, attractive but devious. 20 -30.

  • Time Period 1940s / WWII
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Smoking

Media

"this unusual play must not be missed" 

"don't reveal the ending to your friends"   East Kent Mercury 

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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Bettine Manktelow

Bettine Manktelow
Bettine Manktelow was born Bettine Stratton in Gillingham in Kent, and is the middle daughter of three.She became stage-struck at an early age andworked in a repertory company atChatham Theatre Royalat the age of sixteen as an assistant stage-manager, learning stage craft fro ...
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