Shropshire Star

On song for a Victorian farce in Telford

Members of an amateur dramatic group are stepping back in time as they prepare for their next production.

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Simon Phillips and Andrea Claydon, front, pictured with other members of Horsehay Amateur Dramatics as they get ready to perform their latest play Wnen We Were Married at Horsehay Village Hall

Horsehay Amateur Dramatic Society's cast donned full costume for their rehearsal of JB Priestley's When We Are Married.

The show is a popular face and the group will be putting on their own production at Horsehay Village all on from October 12 to 14.

The play tells the story of a group of three couples, old friends and all married on the same day in the same chapel, 

When they discover that they are not legally married, each couple initially reacts with proper Victorian horror, but and all three couples find themselves reevaluating their marriages.

In the end, of course, everything turns out well, and the play ends on a happy note.

To prepare for the show, members of the cast also visited the National Trust Property Sunnycroft in Wellington, which has many features which reflect the play's period setting.

Tickets are £7 (£6 concessions) and are on sale now from the Box Office 01952 610555 by email to eedavies@talktalk.co.uk or from Walker's Shop, Woodhouse Lane, Horsehay.

More information is available at www.horsehayamdram.co.uk