#1979 cads

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and if i make the artistic director of the cornley ballet company the youngest daughter and child of ian moore the director of the 1979 cornley drama society (jonathan) and have her have one-sided beef with chris who was a mentee of sorts to her father ??? what then??????

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Cornley Drama Society circa 1979

R-L Back Row: Christine & Alan Edwards

R-L Front Row: Ian Moore, Kenneth Martin, Angela Lewis, Graham Cooper, Nigel Clarke, James Q. Mitchell, & Valerie Shaw

More Information About the '79 CDS Under the Cut:

Christine Edwards

Also known as Chrissy or Tina

Has a Liverpool/Scouse accent (very Beatles-esque)

The Femme Fatale of CDS '79.

Married to Alan, but in some sort of relationship with him and Nigel that the whole cast knows about but doesn't ask about.

Took the idea of Free Love and Flower Power to heart

Alan Edwards

The Stage Manager of CDS '79

London accent, but not a posh BBC-type one

Married to Chrissy, but in some sort of relationship with her and Nigel that the whole cast knows about but doesn't ask about.

Great at carpentry, though sometimes his doors have been known to get stuck in the frame on the random occasion.

Ian Moore

The Director of CDS '79

Father of three children and has a loving wife. All four are very supportive of his directing ambitions.

He ran the Cornley Youth Drama Society, and was a mentor figure of sorts to Chris when he was growing up.

Kenneth Martin

Also known as Ken or Kenny, but the latter is used only by Angel and Val

The newest member of CDS '79

More a side character and character actor than a lead role

Has a tendency to forget that he's on-stage as well, and gets lost watching the cast until everyone's staring at him

Has a terrier named Therese who has an entire tiny wardrobe of clothes and sweaters and bows

Angela Lewis

Also known as Ange or Angel

The Sweetheart Golden Girl of CDS '79

Can sing and dance like nobody's business

Her speaking voice is soft, with a wispy near-posh accent

She is shy when not on-stage, but can drink anyone in the cast or crew under the table

Graham Cooper

The Bad Boy of CDS '79

He gets cast in roles where the character is either morally grey or just a straight antagonist to the rest of them

He is very intense on- and off-stage, and takes his roles extremely seriously

Enjoys the roles where he can show off his guitar skills, and the one thing he'll bend his rules for is somehow shoehorning into the role the fact his character can play guitar. Regardless of it being plot relevant.

Nigel Clark

Also known as Nige, Lover Boy to Chrissy, and Baby to Alan

The Romantic Leading Man of CDS '79

Is in some sort of relationship with Chrissy and Alan that everyone knows about, but doesn't say anything about

Good at remembering his lines, but sometimes fumbles his props or stage directions

Cannot dance to save his life, but loves The Who

Has a Geordie accent naturally (I'm picturing something like Chris Ramsey's in Taskmaster), but can do a wide range of other English and European accents well, too.

James Q. Mitchell

Also known as Jaylad, Quince, or Quincy

The Non-Romantic Leading Man of CDS '79

Comes from an upper-middleclass family, and does have that BBC broadcaster type of accent

Enjoys the more serious plays they do, but can really be a hoot in comedies

Cannot sing to save anyone's life, but can do many ballroom dances quite effortlessly

Has a good cadence in delivering lines

Valerie Shaw

Also known as Val or Frankie Vallie

The Non-Romantic Leading Lady of CDS '79

Northern accent

Excells in Shakespearean roles

Can sing and dance decently

Deathly afraid of reptiles and amphibians

Called Frankie Vallie because of how much she listens to The Four Seasons

Secretly hates The Beatles

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1979 wasn't even all that long ago, honestly. If we assume that the 1979 CADS were in their twenties to early thirties, that puts them in their sixties and seventies now. Cher just performed for SNL's 50th at the age of 78 in a sheer bodysuit and thigh-high stockings and boots, with a leather jacket to top it off a few days ago.

It's completely plausible for one or more of the original '79 troupe to go to the current Cast's shows. And they probably did for the reproduction of An Upstanding Member, which means they potentially also went to see the rest of the Cornley Drama Festival.

To me, as someone who LOVES generational angst, this brings up so many possibilities for angst with the two casts. Annie and Chris are the ones I can see being most crushed by any disapproval shown by the '79s—Chris because he carries the Drama Society's reputation in his veins, and Annie because she was SO excited to be putting the show on again.

How excited do you think the '79s were, finding out that they hadn't faded into obscurity after leaving the Drama Society to the next generation? To know that their legacy impacted someone? A whole theatre troupe full of someones? And then to see the show that they put their hearts and souls into on-stage again, but completely screwed over? A horse loose on set, sedatives rather than sugar pills or actual aphrodisiacs—the entire cast but three knocked-out, and two of them having to abandon the third to take the rest of them to A&E.

Oh… The angsty potentials…

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if i post the 1979 cornley drama society picture with the names i've bestowed upon them, should i also include a few of the ideas i've come up with regarding personality and type-casting within the drama society?

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things i could or should do: work on any of the writing challenges i have ongoing currently things i am doing: writing about the 1979 version of the farce instead

you wish you were me

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I should do some more with the 1979 cads...

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i've finally come up with the names and personalities of the 1979 cornley drama society!!! now to think of who they played when the farce was last shown, and i can post about them lol