A letter from the General

By Maurice McLoughlin


It is 1950 and revolution has swept a country and now reached a mission station which cares for children. A new Communist government has taken over and there has been persecution of Nuns and Priests throughout the province. The Mission has been cut off from the local village and the orphaned children have been removed. The British Consul, together with his wife Ruth visits the Mission. Both have a deep-seated dislike of Germans because of their son's death in the Second World War. A letter arrives from Mei Cheng the governing General of the province addressed to Sister Magdalen. This elderly Nun looked after Mei Cheng when he was an orphaned boy many years previously and is the Generals Godmother.

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Cast


Name Role
Margaret Ainscow Director
Beryl Holt Sister Henry
Joan Pickup Sister Lucy
Lynn Hollingsworth Sister Bridget
Elizabeth Lloyd Reverend Mother
Mary Howarth Sister Magdalen
William Ashworth Arthur Stilton - British Consul
Ethel Buckley Ruth Stilton, his Wife
Roy Preston Captain Lee
Graham Inskip Father Schiller

Past Production

This show ran from 6th September 1967 - 9th September 1967.

Venue

Rawtenstall College of Further Education
Haslingden Road
Rawtenstall
BB4 6RA

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