Possible with clues from Jim Ainge!

The Staff Play this year was a Yorkshire farcical comedy by J. B. Priestley, entitled "When We Are Married."
The action of the play takes place in the sitting room of Alderman Helliwell's house in Clecklewyke, a town in the West Riding, during a September evening in 1908.
Exactly 25 years earlier, 3 young couples had been married at a local chapel and now they were met to hold a small celebration party in honour of their Silver Wedding anniversary. During those 25 years one of the husbands had become an Alderman, another had become a Councillor and all were known in the district. But the party atmosphere did not last for very long; the couples discovered that they were not really married, for the priest who had officiated at their weddings had not been authorised to perform the marriage ceremony. The Helliwell's housekeeper had been listening outside the door and had heard the story; she immediately left to go down to a local "pub" and, therefore, spread the unfortunate piece of news. As a result, a former lady friend of Alderman Helliwell arrived and put the house into further confusion. To complicate matters still more, the couples had arranged for a reporter and a photographer from a local newspaper to come to the house to write an article on the occasion and to take a few photographs.

Complication followed complication, until it was discovered that the photographer, who had called at a local "pub" on his way up to the house, was in the same position as the 3 couples. However, he had found out that the marriages had been legalised by the presence of the registrar, and, that, in fact, the couples were married after all.

The play was a great success and a credit to all the members of the Staff and the School who were concerned. The acting, stage settings, decor, "props," make-up, costumes and lighting were all first-rate. As with other plays, the producer is the person to whom the chief credit and honour must go; his interpretation of the play was excellent and we must thank him for three very amusing and successful performances.

The Cast:-
Alderman Helliwell - K. Allan.
Maria Helliwell - P. Kilner.
Councillor Parker - W. Farrar.
Annie Parker - N. F. Harris.
Mr. Soppitt - R. W. Hamilton.
Clara Soppitt - M. P. Austin.
The photographer - Henry Ormonroyd - A. W. Walker.
The reporter Fred Dyson - A. D. Taylor.
A niece of Ald. Helliwell Nancy Holmes - J. R. Whitworth.
The chapel organist and Nancy's boy friend Gerald Forbes - J. D. Combs.
The Housekeeper - Mrs. Northrop - K. Wimpenny.
Ald. Helliwell's lady friend Lottie Grady - S. Close.
The very perky young maid Ruby Birtle - D. E. Elliot.
Rev. Clement Mercer - E. G. Lock.
Producer - W. J. Leonard.
Ainge, J. A., L6A.

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Hello Dave,
I think I can identify the staff on the photo. Here goes.
1. Clara Soppitt - M. P. Austin.
2. A niece of Ald. Helliwell Nancy Holmes - J. R. Whitworth.
3. Annie Parker - N. F. Harris.
4. The chapel organist and Nancy's boy friend Gerald Forbes - J. D. Combs.
5. Maria Helliwell - P. Kilner.
6. Rev. Clement Mercer - E. G. Lock.
7. The Housekeeper - Mrs. Northrop - K. Wimpenny.
8. The very perky young maid Ruby Birtle - D. E. Elliot.
9. Ald. Helliwell's lady friend Lottie Grady - S. Close.
10. The photographer - Henry Ormonroyd - A. W. Walker.
11. The reporter Fred Dyson - A. D. Taylor.
12. Alderman Helliwell - K. Allan.
13. Councillor Parker - W. Farrar.
14. Mr. Soppitt - R. W. Hamilton.

Best wishes,
Peter Wall

The photo comes from Miss. Ward. Thank you, Miss. Ward.