{"id":1946,"date":"2014-10-23T16:23:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T16:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2014-10-28T14:47:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T14:47:47","slug":"we-happy-few-opens-next-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/?p=1946","title":{"rendered":"WE HAPPY FEW &#8211; OPENS NEXT WEDNESDAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you had a chance to read your local newspapers yet? Avid readers will have noticed their favourite amateur group, <strong>The Alexandra Players<\/strong> have been popping up in the local newspapers\u00a0this month!<\/p>\n<p>We graced the front page of <strong>The Mercury<\/strong> back on the 8th of October and once again this week, received a most wonderful preview of <strong>WE HAPPY FEW<\/strong> &#8211; written by Richard Morgan of the <strong>Greenwich Time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1946 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1948'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Press_TheMercury-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Press_TheMercury-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Press_TheMercury-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Press_TheMercury.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1948'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Mercury | Wednesday, October 8th, 2014\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1970'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Press_GreenwichTime1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Press_GreenwichTime1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Press_GreenwichTime1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Press_GreenwichTime1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1970'>\n\t\t\t\tGreenwich Time | Tuesday, October 21st, 2014\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Tickets are selling <strong>FAST<\/strong> and with just two rehearsals remaining, spirits are\u00a0high amongst the cast and crew who absolutely cannot wait to welcome you all back to the Alexandra Hall on Bramshot Avenue for 4 more wonderful\u00a0evenings of high quality amateur\u00a0entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Don&#8217;t miss our last performance for 2014!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Come and join us as we tell the ghostly tale of &#8220;The Artemis Players&#8221;, a heroic troupe of women who in their battered Silver Ghost Rolls Royce, travelled the length and breadth\u00a0of the country delivering Shakespeare to all those left behind in culture-starved Britain during World War II.<\/p>\n<p><code><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-1972_1\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade  soliloquy-theme-base\" style=\"max-width:500px;max-height:500px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-1972_1\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1973\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10665125_10152266179131012_7786183260568264851_n.jpg\" alt=\"10665125_10152266179131012_7786183260568264851_n\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1974\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_20141009_002212_wm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20141009_002212_wm\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1975\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_20141009_002413_wm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20141009_002413_wm\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1976\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-4\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_20141009_171755_wm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20141009_171755_wm\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><style type=\"text\/css\">#soliloquy-container-1972_1{opacity:1}<\/style><\/noscript><\/code><br \/>\n<code><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-1972_2\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade  soliloquy-theme-base\" style=\"max-width:500px;max-height:500px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-1972_2\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1973\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10665125_10152266179131012_7786183260568264851_n.jpg\" alt=\"10665125_10152266179131012_7786183260568264851_n\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1974\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_20141009_002212_wm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20141009_002212_wm\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1975\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_20141009_002413_wm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20141009_002413_wm\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1976\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-4\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_20141009_171755_wm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20141009_171755_wm\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><style type=\"text\/css\">#soliloquy-container-1972_2{opacity:1}<\/style><\/noscript><\/code><\/p>\n<p>You can reserve your tickets now and pay for them on the door, on the night by calling or texting the Box Office on <strong>07867 627 987<\/strong> or you can send us an email to <strong>alexandraplayers@gmail.com<\/strong> <em>(tickets booked this way will be sold on to those waiting outside the venue should they not be collected by the time the performance starts at 7.45pm on the night)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can reserve and pay for your tickets <strong>now<\/strong> by Paypal via our <strong>WHAT&#8217;S ON<\/strong> page <em>(these tickets <strong>WILL NOT<\/strong> be sold on and will be held for you securely by the front of house team in the foyer)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We really look forward to you being able to join us! Don&#8217;t forget &#8211; you can find us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexPlayersSE7\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAlexandraPlayers\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong> too. If you are coming, why not join the event listed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1563718627181046\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on Facebook!<\/p>\n<p>Get in touch! Why not\u00a0tell all your friends to check us out too!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few wonderful messages of support we have received via Twitter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><code><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-1952_3\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade  soliloquy-theme-base\" style=\"max-width:1000px;max-height:500px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-1952_3\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1961\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1b.jpg\" alt=\"1b\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1962\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/21.jpg\" alt=\"2\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1963\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3b.jpg\" alt=\"3b\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1964\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-4\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/41.jpg\" alt=\"4\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-5 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1965\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/51.jpg\" alt=\"5\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-6 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1966\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-6\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/61.jpg\" alt=\"6\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-7 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1967\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-7\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/71.jpg\" alt=\"7\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-8 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1968\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-8\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/81.jpg\" alt=\"8\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-9 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1981\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-9\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/8.png\" alt=\"8\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><style type=\"text\/css\">#soliloquy-container-1952_3{opacity:1}<\/style><\/noscript><\/code><br \/>\n<code><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-1952_4\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade  soliloquy-theme-base\" style=\"max-width:1000px;max-height:500px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-1952_4\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1961\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1b.jpg\" alt=\"1b\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1962\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/21.jpg\" alt=\"2\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1963\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3b.jpg\" alt=\"3b\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1964\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-4\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/41.jpg\" alt=\"4\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-5 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1965\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/51.jpg\" alt=\"5\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-6 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1966\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-6\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/61.jpg\" alt=\"6\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-7 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><img id=\"soliloquy-image-1967\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-7\" 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Avid readers will have noticed their favourite amateur group, The Alexandra Players have been popping up in the local newspapers\u00a0this month! We graced the front page of The Mercury back on the 8th of October and once again this\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/?p=1946\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[65,38,20,49,36,47,37,52,60,85,40,39,45,41,61,67,42,84,21,54,64],"class_list":["post-1946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-productions","tag-amateur-dramatics","tag-blackheath","tag-bookings","tag-box-office-open","tag-charlton","tag-drama-group-in-charlton","tag-greenwich","tag-greenwich-time","tag-imogen-stubbs","tag-local-newspapers","tag-local-theatre","tag-london","tag-plumstead","tag-quality-theatre","tag-rsc-open-stages","tag-shakespeare","tag-south-east-london","tag-the-mercury","tag-tickets","tag-we-happy-few","tag-woolwich","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1946"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1980,"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions\/1980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}