Ansford School, Castle Cary

The performance date shown is conjectural. ‘Evercreech Women’s Institute Players and Pilton Players took part in the fourth preliminary round of the Somerset Drama Festival, held at Ansford (Castle Cary) Secondary Modern School last week. The adjudicator, Mr. Graham Suter, did not announce which of the four plays would go forward to the finals. The plays were “Dark Brown” (by Castle Cary Evening Institute Drama Group), “Anti-Clockwise” (by Frome Wesley Players), “The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet” (by Pilton Players), and “The Lustre Jug” (by the Evercreech W.I. Players). The adjudicator made these comments:- “The Showing-up of Blanco Posnet.” The stage was well set, and the play quite well acted, but the proper approach was missed. The cast was not quite convincing and a bit nervous. The club was congratulated on tackling such a play more suited to older and experienced players’. Central Somerset Gazette, 14 March 1952; also the Shepton Mallet Journal, 14 March 1952.