After his success with “Abigail’s Party” (which is reviewed below), Harry Medawar returned to direct our summer 2009 production of Shelagh Stephenson’s The Memory of Water.
Harry described the play - which was the winner of the Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 2000 - as an uplifting black comedy about love and longing, dreams and secrets. In the depths of winter, three sisters meet up to arrange the burial of their mother and the sale of her home on the coast before it and the many memories it holds are washed away.
The production dates were Wednesday - Saturday 17 - 20 June and the play was staged in the main auditorium of the Hampton Hill Playhouse.
For photos of the production click here
The characters in the play are as follows:
Teresa - the eldest daughter who runs a health food supplement business and is married to…
Frank - the global face of the business who dreams of something more local
Mary - the middle daughter who works as a doctor and dreams of a baby and marriage to…
Mike - another doctor who is already married and knows just how hard decisions can be
Catherine - the youngest daughter who never stops dreaming and is something of a handful, as her 78
lovers (and counting) will confirm
Also appearing from the past is the mother
Vi - who is the life and soul of the party, even of a funeral - and even her own
The Old Hamptonians Amateur Dramatic Society
