The Catholic Association of Performing Arts performed a rehearsed reading of a play about St Edmund Campion at the Club for Acts and Actors in Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London, recently, writes Amanda C Dickie.
The play was written by Peter Hardwick, former head of English at Stonyhurst College, who taught Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC. Mr Thompson once described Mr Hardwick as the teacher who had most inspired him.
David (Lord) Alton of Liverpool contacted actor Michael Slater, who is the Association’s Master of Ceremonies, and has directed previous productions at the CAA, to ask about performing the play. John Warnaby, in the role of Campion, led the cast of 26 actors, all members of CaApa – the Catholic actors’ association.
