{"id":761,"date":"2024-01-11T11:17:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thds2.wpcomstaging.com\/?page_id=761"},"modified":"2024-02-23T21:03:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T21:03:58","slug":"december-2006-the-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/?page_id=761","title":{"rendered":"December 2006 &#8211; The Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/the-anniversary.jpg?w=650\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-762\" style=\"width:476px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Playwright &#8211; Bill McIllwraith<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location &#8211; Harrogate Studio Theatre<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director &#8211; Sylvia Iveson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mum &#8211; Jenny Antram<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karen &#8211; Rachel Conyers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shirley &#8211; Kate Antram<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terry &#8211; Barry Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tom &#8211; Arthur Timmins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry &#8211; Stuart Kellett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The central character in The Anniversary is Mum whose possessiveness is a killer. She is thoroughly evil and glories in destroying all that is good, kind and pure. Not being able to enjoy such qualities herself, she\u2019s damned if anyone else will. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Bill McIlwraith, the writer, this woman would never have been drowned as a witch; she would have been crowned Queen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Dad thankfully died, Mum has carried on his building business and has increased the profits by two hundred and fifty per cent. Yet as Tom, her youngest son, says: \u201cWe must be the only builders putting up condemned property\u201d. Mum keeps a tight hold on all her three sons, binding them to her with gifts and threats, and exploits their weaknesses with a ruthlessness second to none. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as the family is brought together to celebrate Mum\u2019s wedding anniversary (notwithstanding the fact that Dad\u2019s already dead), revolt is in the air. One son plucks up the courage to announce that he\u2019s taking his wife and family to Canada and Tom breaks the news of his impending marriage. Pause for breath. Mum fights back with every weapon in her formidable armoury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cast The central character in The Anniversary is Mum whose possessiveness is a killer. She [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-761","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2754,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/761\/revisions\/2754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}