Edward Alderton Theatre Home | News | This Season | Next Season | Bookings | Auditions | Members | Archive | History | Location | Links | Contact Us   The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz Based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James Directed by Jean Franks 19-26 May 1979 (7 performances) This tale of love and betrayal centers around the socially awkward and painfully shy spinster Catherine, who in 1850 stands to inherit a tidy fortune. When the handsome but penniless Morris Townsend begins to woo her, Catherine's suspicious father, bitter over his wife's death and at Catherine's inability to live up to her mother's reputation, cruelly insists that she is not worthy of true love and threatens to disinherit her... Cast Maria  Susan Neville Dr Austin Sloper Steve Marshall Mrs Lavinia Penniman Maureen Hardwen Catherine Patricia Robertson Mrs Elizabeth Almond Pat Day Marian Almond Tina Bicknell Arthur Townsend Michael Catterall Morris Townsend Carl Kratzer Mrs Montgomery Gillian Leggat Crew Stage Manager Eve Sutch Assistant Stage Managers Dee Goodwin, Jean Gordon Set Design Steve Marshall Costumes Gill Rafferty, Jean Midlane Lighting  John Moore, Peter Meehan Sound Gary Lacey Tapestry frame loaned by Burrows of Welling Review None available