The Exorcism
Written by Don Taylor
Directed by Robert Lindley
21 -26 April 1980
Dan and Margaret have come to spend Christmas with Rachael and Edmund in their newly renovated 17th Century labourer’s cottage. Margaret gives them a present of a primitive African wood carving, depicting a woman in childbirth – a fertility symbol. Rachael, who loves Baroque music, has been given a Christmas present of a harpsichord from Edmund. Later as she plays, she suddenly gets a sinister feeling of Déjà vu. Shortly afterwards, all the electricity fails. A power cut? Perhaps, but the phone is also out-of-order. This sets in motion an unstoppable series of macabre events, which mount to a terrifying climax.
Cast
Edmund – Graeme Horner
Rachel – Eileen Hullett
Dan – Tony Bate
Margaret – Marion Ellis
Crew
Stage Manager – Martin Wood
Assistant Stage Manager – Margaret Baird
Properties – Kathy and Fred Clark, Heather Pearce
Lighting – C. D’Oyley Watkins
Sound – Andy Howe