Acclaimed solo actor Alison Neil is well known and much loved with Artsreach audiences from previous outstanding plays, the most recent being the locally inspired ‘The Fossil Lady of Lyme’.
One of Alison Neil’s most memorable plays ‘Bella – The Story of Mrs Beeton’ toured to great acclaim from 1988-2002 and was also adapted for BBC Radio 4. Now, to mark the 150th Anniversary of Mrs Beetons’ death, this award-winning playwright provides a lively, all-new, retelling of this entertaining and moving story, using the latest research…
Many years after Isabella Beeton’s untimely death, Bessie Mayson muses on the extraordinary life of her famous big sister. They were the eldest of 21 children, brought up in the Grand Stand at Epsom Race Course. Quiet, obedient Isabella fell for a charming publisher called Sam Beeton, and joined his rackety life in journalism, culminating in her world-famous “Beeton’s Book of Household Management”. Her family disapproved. But were they right? Thirty years on, Bessie is not so sure…
‘So good, I thought I was watching Mrs Beeton herself’ Paul Heiney, The Times
Thur 10 Dec, 7:30pm. Springhead Trust, Fontmell Magna. 01747 811853
Fri 11 Dec, 7:30pm. Nether Compton Village Hall. 01935 413220
Sat 12 Dec, 7:30pm. Drimpton Village Hall. 01308 867442
Sun 13 Dec, 7:30pm. Melbury Osmond Village Hall. 01935 83459
