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The Compass Club ~ Gallery Two 1985 - 1988

The Compass Club

Although plays had been directed by different people since the birth of the Club in 1954, Bill Grierson had been the predominant driving force.  Following his untimely death in 1984 it had seemed that he was irreplaceable.

In his last production (John Mortimer’s autobiographical Voyage Round My Father) Bill had played one of the lead roles as the aging and temperamental father, which proved to be a poignant final performance.

Club members felt it was essential that the group should survive as a tribute to all that Bill had achieved, and so it was that Allison Tudhope stepped into the role of director for the first time, when the Club presented Alan Ayckbourn’s Joking Apart.

Over the decades other directors, such as Andrew Milroy, Barry McGuire, David Crouch, Douglas Raith, Ken O’Hara Dave Johnston, Mike Mortimer, and Kenneth Thom directed too, but Allison was responsible for over 20 plays from 1985.

This gallery presents images from some of the plays performed in the years after Bill's death.

The Network is indebted to Douglas Raith and Carolyn O'Hara for provision of the material in this gallery.

The players in Abigail's Party include Anni Eskdale, Ginnie Mackenzie, Alaine Hansen, Ken O'Hara and Douglas Raith.

The players in Blithe Spirit include Jon Clutterham, Isabella Dovaston, Lorna Kerr, Katherine McAlister, Eilidh Nicolson and Douglas Raith,

The players in Joking Apart include Barbara Crouch, David Crouch, Isobel Fitch, Roseanne Hay, Keith Hendrie, Carolyn O'Hara, Ken O'Hara, Douglas Raith and Forbes Watson

Updated March 3, 2012      ©2010 Ayrshire Arts Network and individual photographers.