SynopsisDetective Superintendent Harry Baxter is plagued by two busybodies – a corpse that vanishes and the officious office cleaner, Mrs Piper, who finds it. Motives for murder abound – all the office staff and the corpse’s wife are suspect. His self-control snaps completely when the corpse himself walks in alive and well. But Mrs Piper still insists that there was a body, and it is she who finally identifies both corpse and murderer and actually obtains a confession. Busybody is a parody of the classical “Whodunnit”, rather like the famous Peter Sellers Pink Panther films.
Director/Producer
- Dorothy Morris
Cast (in order of appearance)
- ‘Mrs Piper’ ~ Donna McOnie
- ‘Richard Marshall’ ~ Robin Wayne
- ‘Det Const Goddard’ ~ Lee Davies
- ‘Det Supt Baxter’ ~ David McOnie
- ‘Claire Marshall’ ~ Claire Hardy
- ‘Marian Selby’ ~ Julie Greenwood
- ‘Robert Westerby’ ~ Ian Evans
- ‘Vickie Reynolds’ ~ Simone Hazell
Backstage
- Stage Manager ~ Alan Bailey
- Assistant ~ James Atkinson
- Lighting ~ Alan Bailey
- Prompt ~ Alison Shepherd
- Props ~ Wendy Kane, Val Hiorns
- Sound Effects ~ James Atkinson
- Make-up ~ The cast
Photos
The Cast
Left to right: Claire Hardy (“Claire”), David McOnie (“Baxter”), Donna McOnie (“Mrs Piper”), Robin Wayne (“Richard”), Ian Evans (“Robert”), Julie Greenwood (“Marian”), Simone Hazell (“Vickie”).