QUESTSTORIES
THE QUESTORS NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL
1st Festival 1960
THE PHARAOH CASSIDY

THE PHARAOH CASSIDY
by Ned Gethings

Directed by Collette King
Cast: 
Helen Blatch, Carla Craik, Dickie Gleeson, Roger Hubbard, Dorinne Ingram, David Lorraine, Edward Nelson, Jennifer Oscard, Ruth Tremayne Smith, Dorothy Boyd-taylor, Philip Wright

THE AUTHOR

NED GETHINGS is, theatrically speaking, a Questors product. He came to England from his native Wexford in 1948 expressly to write plays. Having no theatre experience or knowledge, he joined The Questors in order to learn, and tackled any job that brought him in contact with the theatre. 

As an actor he sustained many leading roles. As a dramatist he also found his feet, particularly with one-act plays. "Tinker's Idyll " was played by The Questors' Student Group in 1953, "The Swan" in 1955 and "Looking Glass, Looking Glass" in 1962. 

"The Brides of Begerin," published by Evans Plays, has had many productions in all parts of the country.

PRESS REACTION

Critical opinion was unanimous in its rejection of The Pharaoh Cassidy. Douglas McVay, writing in the Middlesex County Times, dismissed it as an incoherent mixture of unrelated ideas and described it as the worst play he had encountered in any medium. Although The Stage was less forthright, its review concentrated almost entirely on the other Festival entries, an omission that itself reflected the play's lack of critical impact. 

The Middlesex County Times

The Stage and Television Today

QUESTORS ARCHIVES
THE PHARAOH CASSIDY

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