Meeting Details
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Time | 1.30 pm, last Tuesday in the month |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Location | Unitarian Chapel Hall |
| Coordinator | Rita Farnsworth |
What we do
Our aim is to read full length plays although at times we have also read one act plays and sketches, some written by the Creative Writing Group. We vary our readings between classical and contemporary plays, comedies, thrillers, tragedies etc. As the majority of the group have been members of dramatic societies, they prefer reading a part rather than just sitting and listening.
The plays are chosen by suggestions from the members or the coordinator and given out at the meeting. We do not read the plays prior to our meeting. On some occasions members have to take more than one part when the play selected has a large cast.
If you just like to hear a play read, however, you are most welcome to join the group.
Reports
June 2008:
Our first meeting of the new term will be on Tuesday 30 September, followed by meetings on 28 October and 25 November.
At the Christmas Social on 4 December (see the Meetings page) we will be reading an amusing update of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty written specially for our Group last Christmas by Terry McIntee. Do join us for a coffee on this occasion.
Rita Farnsworth
March 2008:
The Play Reading Group continues to meet on the last Tuesday of the month in the Unitarian Chapel, Branthwaite Brow, Kendal. Please note that we now meet at 1.30 pm.
After a successful Christmas “get together” at Helen Pollard's we have since read Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara and a comedy melodrama The Gypsy’s Revenge. Our play for March will be I'll Leave It To You, a comedy by Noel Coward.
Several members of the group have had to temporarily leave us due to ill health but we sincerely hope they will be able to join us again very soon. We will not be holding meetings in July and August.
Rita Farnsworth
November 2007:
We welcomed one new member to the Group in September and now have a waiting list.
Since September we have read “Murder in Play” by Simon Brett; the comedy “Wedding of the Year” by Norman Robbins and Somerset Maughan's The Constant Wife. On Tuesday 11th December we will hold our usual Festive Meeting courtesy of Helen Pollard. Members will read a Farcical Fairy Tale written specially for this occasion by Terry McIntee and also perform their “party pieces”!
I should like to take this opportunity of thanking all members for their support during the last year. Without their contribution the Group could not function and prove so entertaining.
Rita Farnsworth