Masquers Stage 'Enchanted April' This Weekend

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Mon, Nov 07, 2011

HCS presents the fall play Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.

Masquers Stage 'Enchanted April' This Weekend

Take a small Mediterranean castle, four women from London and lots of wisteria, and you have this weekend's presentation by the HCS Masquers, Enchanted April. The play adapted from Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel will be staged Friday and Saturday night at 7 p.m. in the HCS auditorium.

The cast includes:

Gwynnie Davies as Lotty Wilton, the wife of a barrister who reads a newspaper ad for a castle in Italy for rent and sets a plan in motion;

Hannah Parfitt as Rose Arnott, the reserved wife of a writer drawn in to Lotty's plan for a holiday in Italy;

Dana Bowers as Lady Caroline Bramble, a glamorous and flamboyant socialite who wants to slow down the social whirl, at least for a while;

Donna Horton-Moren as Mrs. Graves, an older woman set in her ways;

Robbie Keever as Mellersh Wilton, the proper London lawyer who is shocked and appalled by his wife's escapade;

Noah Fry as Frederick Arnott, a writer more interested in his next book tour and parties with the right people than his wife;

Ben Gorton as Antony Wilding, the painter a castle for rent;

Elizabeth Williams as Costanza, the cook and woman who cares for the castle.

With Moren on stage for Enchanted April, Melissa Davies directs.

Preparations for the spring musical, The Music Man, are already under way.

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