by ALAN PLATER

Produced by MARTYN HARBERTSON

Performed in January 2000

Bill Robson, an ex-miner turned poet from the North East, is appointed writer in residence in a branch library near London.

The senior librarian, Ellen, is a dedicated book lover who finds sharing an office with Bill highly entertaining, much to the disgust of a journalist called Nutley who covets Bill's new job. 

But what is Councillor Graham keeping from  them and why has the libraries sub-committee sent young Bernard to measure up the library? 

I Thought I Heard a Rustling is a gentle but thought provoking comedy from Alan Plater, perhaps best known as a TV scriptwriter. 

Sadly, no production photographs are available for this play.  The cast photgraph was taken as a publicity shot in Blyth Library.

Stage Manager DAVE HINDMARSH ▪ Set Design RALPH MAUGHAN

Lighting Design IAN WOODLEY ▪ Sound RALPH MAUGHAN

Lights MARTYN HARBERTSON ▪ Prompt MARION NEWLANDS

Properties GEMMA ROGERS ▪ House Manager JUNE WOODLEY

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