Captain Mainwaring and his men trod the boards again at the New Diorama Theatre in North London to a full house fortunate enough to watch an amusing interpretation of Jimmy Perry and David Croft’s “The Godiva Affair”. The plot involved the local people of Walmington-on-Sea trying to raise money to support the purchase of a new Spitfire plane. The platoon decide to drum up support by performing a Morris Dance at the fundraising carnival, however, it is the identity of the Lady Godiva figure that ends up grabbing the town’s attention.
The cast were an eclectic mix of professionally trained actors and other more “part-time” performers! Everyone pulled together extremely well thanks to directors, Alex Orchard-Lisle and Henry Kimbell (vice Chair of the KPA), both of whom worked very hard to ensure the play was a success.
With Private Pike’s soppy voice saying “Mum said…” or “Uncle Arthur” and Corporal Jones’ enthusiastic cries of “Don’t panic Captain Mainwaring!’ the audience was transported into a highly amusing world of nostalgic comedy whilst at the same time raising funds for the KPA. In total £1000 was raised.
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