Halfway Up The Tree: May 1974
By Peter Ustinov
This timely satire on the everlasting generation gap is not content to dally with the problem, but boldly thrusts on by having the older generation beat the younger at its own game.
It begins with the return from middle east duty of a general who finds he hardly recognizes his children. His son has embraced the new cult of the moment and his daughter is enceinte by persons unknown.
Rather than rant and rave, the general looks into the matter. And, by George, he even adapts to it. The children protest that he is aping them and trying to shame them into going back into society; but no, he is in earnest as he climbs a tree and elevates the cult to new realms. Soon, everybody wants a tree to climb into.
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| Cast (in order of appearance) | Backstage |
| Lady Fitzbuttress: June Cooper | Producer: Chris Lea |
| Helga: Sandy Roper | Stage Manager: Ron Lea |
| General Sir Mallalieu Fitzbuttress: Jeremy Bush | Assistants: Dorothy Swift, Donald Grand, Eric Swift |
| Robert: Ned Seago | Make-up & Wardrobe: Gail McKail, Pauline Page, Kathryn Turner |
| Lesley: Mary Chapman | Scenic Artist: Colin Turner |
| Judy: Sheila Meen | Electrician: John Avery |
| Brigadier (Tiny) Gilliatt-Brown: John Peacock | |
| Basil Utterwood: Christopher Lea | |
| Vicar: Fred Leonard |
