The Better 'Ole
Performed August 21st - 23rd 2014
MAD's first production at Newhaven Fort, celebrating the centenary commemoration of WW1
The Better 'Ole was written by Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather and Capt. Arthur Eliot and was first produced at the Oxford Theatre in London on 4 August 1917. Suffice to say it became one of the great dramatic successes of the war and ran in the West End for nearly two years.
🎬 Director - Tony Gibbs
CAST
The Sergeant-Major - Jim Harvey
Angele (French girl -Pianist) - Margaret Farmiloe
Rachel (French girl - Pianist) - Jacky O'Callaghan
A Spy - Don Faulkner
Bert - Garry Fowler
Alf - Edd Ginn
Old Bill - Alan Lade
The Colonel - Steve Wetherilt
Captain Milne - Dennis Picot
Suzette (Proprietors Daughter - Jenny Humphries
1st Tommy - Rob McClaren
2nd Tommy - Robert Horscraft
3rd Tommy - Jon Ward
4th Tommy - Ben Smith
Victoire - Emma Ruggins
Officer of the Workers Corps - Mandy Crnkovic
Berthe - Aimee Ginn
Maggie - Josie Hobbs
Set Design / Construction - Keith Johnson, Ken Wilson, Ken Watts, Barry Hobbs, Tony Gibbs, Jacky O'Callaghan, Mandy Crnkovic
Stage Manager - Donna Beard
