Divorce Me, Darling is a musical written by Sandy Wilson.
Set ten years after the events depicted in Wilson’s much better known The Boy Friend, it is, appropriately, a pastiche of 1930s musicals (in particular those of Cole Porter) rather than the “Roaring Twenties” shows (mostly early Rodgers and Hart) that inspired the earlier show.
| Character | Actor |
| Hortense | Shiela Fitzgerald |
| M. Gaston | Wesley Henderson Roe |
| Hotel du Paradis Manageress | Jane Kisack |
| Fay de la Falaise | Helen Donald |
| Nancy Lebrun | Janet Simpson |
| Dulcie Dubois | Lizzie Brignall |
| Raoul | Adrian Roberts |
| Solange | Louise Ellard |
| Hotel Bell-Girl | Anne Campbell |
| Hotel Cook | Jane Kisack |
| Sarah Perkins | Sarah Perkins |
| Painter | Guy Pearson |
| Polly Brockhurst | Ruth Saunders |
| Bobby van Husen | Bryan Cardus |
| Mme. Dubonnet | Clare Henderson-Roe |
| Marcel de la Falaise | Tony Smith |
| Pierre Lebrun | Roger Fairhead |
| Alphonse Dubois | Matthew Chandler |
| Gendarme | Jeremy Knight |
| Lady Brockhurst | Beryl Yorath |
| Cecelia Doublewick | Merian Ganjou |
| Felicity Bagworth | Deb McDowell |
| Victoria Shriveldyke | Frances Carrell |
| Prunella Oglethorpe | Angela Sturgeon |
| Sir Freddy Ffotherington-Ffitch | Paul Turnbull |
| Lord Hubert Brockhurst | John Pyle |
| Percival Browne (aka Mr. Jones) | Bob Salter |
| The Hon. Tony Brockhurst | Hamilton Faber |
| Maisie van Husen (Bobby’s wife) | Tara O’Sullivan |
| Hannah van Husen (Bobby’s sister) | Julie Thomas |
| President | Edward Jeoffroy |
| Role | Name |
| Director | Lizzy Ross |
| Musical Director | Terry Saunders |
| Musical Director | Carole Smith |
| Choreographer | Melanie Edwards |
| Stage Manager | Wesley Henderson Roe |
October 2000
Naughty but still Nice, the gels desperately seeking the ‘boyfriend’ in 1926 return to Nice ten years later sadder, wiser and slightly disillusioned. Sandy Wilson’s Divorce Me Darling! was given a lively production co-directed by Elizabeth Ross, Melanie Edwards (who also choreographed the show) and musically directed by Carole Smith and Terry Saunders for BROS Theatre Company at Hampton Hill Playhouse last week.
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Show Date: October 2000
Venue: Hampton Hill Playhouse