These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich
25 March to 1 April 2023
Comment from an audience member: “We just want to record our great thanks to Celia Bonner and the cast of These Shining Lives for an excellent production. The warmth and sensitivity of the play was very moving and it will long live in the memory as one of the best plays which we have seen for some time. Thank you all very much.”
The play is based on a true story about four women working for a company that used radium compound to paint watch faces.
The health of the women gives cause for concern but the employer will not accept that there is any danger and even suggests that the work has health benefits. When radium poisoning is diagnosed the women face a battle when they file a lawsuit against the company.
A leading attorney accepts the case for free and the result is in the balance. The consequences after the case are even more disturbing.
Cast
| Catherine Donohue | Alexandra Johnson |
| Charlotte | Meg Brassington |
| Frances | Jess Trimble |
| Pearl | Madeleine Healey |
| Tom Donohue | John Keen |
| Rufus Reed | Andy Neve |
Sponsors
| This play is sponsored by: Bike9 Chapel Lane, Wilmslow | Experts in all things bike |
| The 2022-23 season is sponsored by: SC & P Jones (91 Chapel Lane) | Builders & Plumbers merchant and bathroom specialists |
Backstage
| Director | Celia Bonner |
| Stage Manager | Steve Williamson |
| Prompt | Belinda Coghlan |
| Props | Belinda Coghlan |
| Set Design | Paula Keen |
| Lighting | Chris Hills, Bruce Williams |
| Sound | John Coghlan, Mark Seyler |
| Wardrobe | Di James, Pat Barrow |
| Rehearsal photographs | Colin Beattie |
| Programme photographs | Bruce Williams |
| Ticket secretary | Al Fowkes |
