England's
Hall
by
Michael Johnson
To be read by awl on
Monday 29th November 2004
A sit-com, set mainly in England’s
Hall, a mixed-sex residence for students, attached to a provincial
university. The principal characters are the staff of the hall
and those of the university who control the policy of the hall.
Students are usually incidental, though they are usually in evidence
and will play a major part in some episodes.
The name England is derived not from
a love of or pride in that country, but from a local bookmaker,
Percy England, who donated an insignificant proportion
of his riches to the university to build the hall, with the proviso that it
carried his name.. |
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Dr Francis
Marshall
An applicant
for the post of Vice Warden
aged
40, but looks younger
BA and a PhD in Geography from Harvard
fit: works out
in the gym and jogs regularly
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Robin Miller |
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Mrs Hatchet
The Bursar
A professional hotelier of
considerable experience
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Carolyn Pertwee |
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Mario Sanchez
the Hall maintenance and odd-job man
Good-humoured,
articulate, extremely well-educated
Chilean in origin, he comes
from a very artistic background,
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Paul Antony-Barber |
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Chang
The cook
Though Chinese
in appearance, Chang is the fourth generation of his family to
live in England
He can speak with an
upper-class Etonian accent or in broken English as the situation
pleases him
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Simon Nuckley |
Dr Highlife
The
Senior Tutor
A good Shakespearean scholar
A regular visitor
to
a well-known house of ill-repute
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Paul Antony-Barber |
Janet
The
Bursar’s assistant
Nineteen, inexperienced, man-crazy |
Holly Berry |
'Captain’ Forbes-Phillipps
Chief Security Officer
An ex-Lance Corporal with delusions of
grandeur |
Harry Saks |
Mr
Small
The Secretary of the University
Mr Small is large in stature,
but small of mind. Lacking in talent, no sense of humour and
even less common sense. A master
of the irrelevant detail |
Mike Goodenough |
Miss Broody
neurotic female student |
Teresa Jennings |
Doreen Snoggins
Mr Small’s
highly efficient secretary, charming and knowledgeable, . |
Teresa Jennings |
Septimus
Trafford-Wise
Professor
of Classics and Chairman of the Student Accommodation Committee
His mind is still rooted firmly
in Ancient Greece, Rome, and Ephesus.
A confirmed
bachelor
His speech is beautifully articulate. |
Martin Wimbush |
Miss
Anthea Jones
Vice
President of the students' union
An ardent feminist
Shorn head,
with metallic appendages to, and tattoos on, many parts of her
body |
Holly Berry |
Dr
Mulcahy
Reader
in Constitutional Law
An accomplished constitutional lawyer,
he is one of the university’s jesters
A keen soccer fan |
David Hampshire |
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Gregory Cox |