Our next production
Gaslight
By: Patrick Hamilton
Director: Mark Wilkin
Status:
Readings : Casting : Rehearsals : Showing
October 21 - October 24 2026, 7:30 pm
Matinee: October 24 2026, 2:30 pm
Advance Bookings: 01491 525050
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Autumn Production – Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton
Join us for the readings and auditions for The Henley Players Autumn production “GASLIGHT” written by Patrick Hamilton and directed by Mark Wilkin
Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. Bella Manningham is afraid that she is losing her mind, just as her mother did before her. Her own home seems to have taken on a malevolent presence, with valuable items going missing and objects being moved. Are the servants to blame, with some kind of vendetta against her? Then one evening, when her husband Jack has gone out, a stranger appears with a story to tell, and tensions build as secrets start to unravel.
This classic psychological thriller has been twice adapted as a movie and gave us the noun gaslighting.
Step into a world where every shadow whispers and every flicker of the gaslight hides a secret. Patrick Hamilton’s gripping play tells a chilling tale of manipulation, doubt, and the slow unravelling of a woman’s reality.
Readings: 2nd June (19.30) & 4th June (20.00) at Harpsden Hall, all welcome
Auditions: 9th June (19.30) & 11th June (20.00) at Harpsden Hall
Show Week: 18th – 24th October 2026 at the The Kenton Theatre
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Characters with playing ages
Jack Manningham (40+): Jack is a “ladies’ man” and is suave and authoritative. He has complete authority over his wife, and he is seemingly bitter about his wife’s “condition.”
Bella Manningham (30+): Bella is younger than her husband, to whom she has been married for five years. She is emotionally fragile,, frightened, and exhausted.
Elizabeth (50+) Cook and housekeeper. Elizabeth is kind and dutiful.
Nancy (18 to mid-twenties): A young servant girl. Precocious and spirited, she appears conniving and impudent, but first appearances can be deceptive!
Rough (55+): A retired Police Inspector. Seemingly brusque, overbearing, and overly direct yet ultimately caring and compassionate.
2 x Policemen (20-60): Non-speaking