The Plays of the Gold Coast Little Theatre Volume Two 1990-2015

SALONIKA by Louise Page, 1983. Directed by Victor Newcombe. Performed at
the GCLT theatre, June 9 to June 23, 1990.
Peter......................................................................................................James Dardis
Ben Swift..................................................................................................Alan Hobbs
Charlotte Swift............................................................................................Joan Ross
Enid Swift..............................................................................................Rosalind Kay
Leonard................................................................................................Michael Beard
Set on a beach in Greece, mother and daughter, Charlotte and Enid, are on
holiday. They are accompanied by Charlotte's male friend, Leonard.
They visit the grave of their husband and father, Ben Swift. They are able to see
the ghost of Ben and talk to him.
A young man is lying on the beach. His name is Peter. He asks Enid about the
older man, meaning Leonard, who is with them. Enid tells him that Leonard
wants to marry Charlotte.
When Charlotte and Enid go off together to look at the graves, Ben starts
talking to Peter and Leonard. Leonard asks Peter whey he doesn't do anything
except sleep on the beach. He says he is wasting his life. But Peter doesn't think
so. Ben confides to Leonard that he drowned himself.
When Enid can't stand staying with Charlotte and Leonard, she goes back
down to the beach where Peter sleeps most nights. She has the idea of asking
Peter if he would make love to her if she paid him enough money for his plane
fare back to England. Then Peter tells her the truth about how Ben died. While
the two of them chat on the beach, Peter slumps down. He has been selling his
blood and has collapsed.
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