A murder mystery by English authors Philip King & John Boland.
Performed by STADS at St. Teilo’s Church Hall, Bishopston on May 8th, 9th, 14th, 15th & 16th, 1981. Tickets 50p, children 35p, OAPs Thursday only 35p.
Later performed by BATS in 2005
Synopsis
A drama society is assembling on the stage of a church hall to rehearse a production of a mystery thriller. The rehearsal proceeds under difficulties until the mysterious death of the caretaker brings the situation of the whodunit even more closely into real life. It transpires that almost everyone might, and could have, murdered the dead man – eventually the identity of both killer and prowler is revealed.
- Beryl West
Cast (in order of appearance)
- ‘Alan Wilson’ ~ Barry Cooper
- ‘Margaret Stephens’ ~ Jackie Cooper
- ‘Ted Smith’ ~ Brian Shaw
- ‘Phillip Stephens’ ~ David Spear
- ‘Ronnie Meadows’ ~ Sid West
- ‘Phoebe Kershaw’ ~ Dorothy Morris
- ‘Patricia Robins’ ~ Carol Fowler
- ‘Doris Stewart’ ~ Brenda Jones
Backstage
- Stage Manager ~ Bill Payne
- Assistants ~ Ken Jenkins, Hilary Rose
- Lighting ~ John Dixon
- Props ~ Beryl Maslin, Wendy Hemns-Tucker
- Make-up ~ Jill Dixon, Anita McNamara
Photos
The cast
Left to right: Sid West (“Ronnie”), Carol Fowler (“Patricia”), Barry Cooper (“Alan”), Brenda Jones (“Doris”), Brian Shaw (“Ted”), David Spear (“Phillip”), Jackie Cooper (“Margaret”), Dorothy Morris (“Phoebe”).
Note that Barry Cooper goes on to play “Ronnie” in the 2005 production, where “Alan” is played by his real-life son, Jaimes!