Travels with my aunt

The comic novel by Graham Greene, published in 1969, adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal.
Directed and produced by Michael and John.

Quiz answers here.

Plot

The play is set in 1969. Henry Pulling, a retired, single, bank manager, lives a quiet, suburban London life. His only interest is dahlias. His eccentric 74-year-old Aunt Augusta takes him across Europe to Turkey, where she remarks, 'It was only quite recently that they assassinated a prime minister. We dream of it, but they act.’

Aunt Augusta leads Henry into a world of adventure and crime, gradually revealing the highly unconventional details of her past. Eventually they reach Paraguay. The play ends with Henry’s decision about whether to return to his dahlias or marry the daughter of the chief of police.

Performed

Friday, 13 & 14 July (2 performances)

Cast List

Photos, thanks to David King


Henry Pulling	Aunt Augusta	D S Sparrow	Frau General Spanish woman
Bob Pugh	Ann Monk	Peter Barton	Emma Hill


Wordsworth	Miss Keene Italian Girl	Richard Pulling Colonel Hakim O’Toole	Vicar Policeman Turkish policeman Wolf, the Irish wolfhound
Tony Burrin	Jane Crittenden	Scott Hutchison	Guy Makey


Hatty Miss Paterson	Girl in jodhpurs Tooley & Yolanda	Taxi driver Receptionist	Visconti
Jeanette Brown	Kelly Mason	Jake McNulty	Mike Plews

Trailer

Press Release

Henry’s life is getting exciting...

Our High Street may not quite match the Champs-Elysées, but Huntingdon Drama Club is doing its bit to attract people into the town centre. The Club hopes its Saturday afternoon performance of Travels with my Aunt on 14 July will appeal to people who aren’t keen on going out in the evening. And to make things easier, it’s put bus times from various towns and villages on its website, www.huntingdondramaclub.org.uk.

Little does Henry Pulling realise, when he retires from the bank at the age of 55 to cultivate his dahlias, that his elderly aunt Augusta will be at his mother’s funeral and turn his world upside down!

For Henry, a day trip to Brighton from his home in the London suburbs is an adventure. Now his aunt takes him to Paris, Istanbul – to fund a coup – and eventually Paraguay, much to the interest of the CIA. Here Henry meets Augusta’s lover and realises his life will never be quite the same again.

Travels with my Aunt was originally a comic novel by Graham Greene. Adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal, it’s Huntingdon Drama Club’s next production, directed by Michael Black.

Bob Pugh and Ann Monk are Henry and Aunt Augusta, and the numerous other characters are played by eleven more Club members, some familiar to audiences, some appearing on the Commemoration Hall stage for the first time.

Like the Club’s production of Jane Eyre, Travels with my Aunt will use lighting and music (under the control of John Morgan) to suggest the many different scenes, as the audience, like Henry, is taken on a journey from suburban tranquillity into an exciting world of love, crime and political intrigue.

Travels with my Aunt will be performed in the Commemoration Hall on Friday evening, 13 July, at 7.30, Saturday matinee, 14 July, at 2.30 and Saturday evening, 14 July, at 7.30.

Ticket prices are still £9, or £7 for non-earners and groups of four or more. Visit www.huntingdondramaclub.org.uk and click on ‘Buy tickets’, phone Michael Black and John Morgan on 01480-454486, or buy at the door. There’s no charge for booking online.

For more information visit the Club website, www.huntingdondramaclub.org.uk, or phone (email) Michael and John.

Aunt Augusta (Ann Monk) and Henry Pulling (Bob Pugh), with the ashes of Henry’s late mother

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