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Monday 9th & Tuesday 10th July 2012 at the Flavel Theatre Dartmouth

We will be performing the first ever play about the life of Thomas Newcomen during the Newcomen 300 celebration this year in Dartmouth. The playwright is Linda Churchill who had great success with the John Hawley production “Blow The Wind Fair”.  There are 28 characters in this play, as follows:

Hannah Newcomen (The inventor’s wife).  Paula Bell

Martha Newcomen (The inventor’s granddaughter)  Shara Morris

Sarah Newcomen (The inventor’s mother)  Justine Clayton

Thomas Newcomen (The inventor as a boy).  Jack Luscombe

Elizabeth Newcomen (The inventor’s aunt)  Ali Parr

Elias Newcomen (The inventor’s father)  Bill Hunt

John Flavel (The preacher)  Gil Garland

Woman.  Justine Clayton

John Calley (The inventor’s friend and business partner)  Jason Smith

Mr Harding (A mine Manager) Bill Hunt

Liza Hodges (A poor women)  Julie Tomkinson

Caleb Rockett (Mayor of Dartmouth)  Norman Cork

Thoman Savery (Another inventor) Gil Garland

Woman 1 - Ali Parr

Woman 2 - Jess Hall

Others parts - Christopher Morris, Ella Tomkinson, Morgan Knight.


The life of Thomas Newcomen