Professional actor returns to Thame Players Theatre
THAME Players will be welcoming the return of professional actor, Richard Worland, for their next presentation, A Month of Sundays, by the writer of TV sit-com, The Good Life, Bob Larbey.
Richard Worland (on the left in the picture) trod the boards for the very first time in his mid forties in the early 1990s in an open air Shakespeare production. Following redundancy in 2001, Richard devoted more time to his hobby, so by the time he made his Thame Players debut in 2006 he had appeared in a considerable number of productions and had had a few walk on film roles.
In 2006, he undertook the intensive full time one year program at Drama Studio, London, and launched a new career as a professional actor. Unusually, though, for a professional actor, Richard’s love of the stage leads him to keep an eye out for good roles with quality amateur companies and thus he joins Thame Players to play the role of Aylott in Bob Larbey’s touching play, A Month of Sundays, being performed at the Players Theatre in Nelson Street, Thame at 7.45pm from Tuesday, 8th to Saturday, 12th September.
A Month of Sundays is a lovely comedy and it would not be an exaggeration to call Bob Larbey a legend, a prolific creator and writer of many TV comedies, starting with Please Sir, then going on to create one of the most successful BBC comedies ever – The Good Life – before writing Ever Decreasing Circles, Brush Strokes and As Time Goes By.
A Month of Sundays won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Comedy in 1987.
Cooper (played by Brian Holt on the right in the picture) and Aylott are two elderly gentlemen who are spending their declining years in a rest home in the south of England. Together they face the challenges posed by the ageing process – the forgetfulness and the physical deterioration. Cooper also has to endure monthly visits from his daughter, Julia, and her henpecked husband, Peter. A touching and witty play, it treats the subject of growing old not only with sensitivity, but also with a great deal of gentle humour.
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