Our Theatrical Offerings

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Our current project

"Failure: A Love Story": A Comedy of Love, Time and Mortality.

by Philip Dawkins
directed by Rod Thompson

To be presented by Villanova Players from 8^th Nov to 10^th Nov 2024

Review by Alan Bresloff - "… a theatrical experience that will stay in your memory for years to come." aroundthetownchicago.com/theatre-reviews/failure-a-love-story /

"An Italian Straw Hat": a wild French farce by Eugene Labiche, translated and adapted by the two of us was presented by Villanova Players from 19^th Nov to 4^th Dec 2010
A great success - over a thousand people saw and enjoyed the play.

Our adaptation of "The Busybody" by Susanna Centlivre

which was presented by in July 2003,
by the Burnside Players , directed by Brendan Clare
9^th - 18^th November 2006,
by the Colonial Players, Annapolis USA, directed by Carol Youmans
5^th - 8^th June 2008,
and by the Bedford Players, Halifax Canada, directed by Karen Waterfield
28^th Apr - 14^th May 2011 (we attended the final night of this very successful production).

"Doctor Ox: The Experiment" by Rod, from a story by Jules Verne

which was presented by Villanova Players in September 2006

These plays are available by negotiation to other theatre companies
Please e-mail for more information.

"Letters to Lindy"

We both appeared in a production by Villanova Players of "Letters to Lindy" by Alana Valentine, from Fri 20^th August 2022, to Sun 4^th September.

"Snapshots From Home"

Maria directed, and Rod appeared in "Snapshots From Home" by Marjory Forde, from Fri 5^th March 2022, to Sun 20^th March.

"Quartet"

Maria directed, and Rod appeared in "Quartet" by Ronald Harwood, from Fri 26^th June 2021, to Sun 11^th July.

"Switzerland"

Maria appeared in a production by Villanova Players of "Switzerland" by Joanna Murray-Smith, from Fri 21^st August 2020, to Sun 23^th August.

"Emma"

Rod appeared in a production by Villanova Players of "Emma" from the novel by Jane Austen, adapted by Sandra Fenichel Asher, from Fri 1^st March 2020, to Sat 9^th March.

Vale
Rizpah (Maud) Plumb
and Frances Thompson

Rod's papers on Spatial Data Management

Our Trip to Antarctica - February 2005

Our Trip to Delft in The Netherlands - February-June 2006

Sailing on Moreton Bay

And our Famous Praying Mantis Video

This little video has had hundreds of thousands of hits, and hundreds of comments. It carries a five star rating, and has been published in such august places as the Journal of Improbable Research