Murdered to Death by Peter Gordon

10 - 17 November

Murdered to Death programme cover

Cast:

MILDRED , Shelly Campbell

DOROTHY (companion and housekeeper) , Kirsty Hamilton

BUNTING (the butler) , Wayne Colwell

COLONEL CHARLES CRADDOCK , Rob Hodgkiss

MARGARET CRADDOCK (his wife) , Stephanie Legge-Davies

PIERRE MARCEAU (a French art dealer) , Keith Leadbetter

ELIZABETH HARTLEY-TRUMPINGTON , Sue Wyld

JOAN MAPLE , Tracy Hart

INSPECTOR PRATT , Ivor Williams

CONSTABLE THOMKINS , Mark Heath

An O.R.P. Production directed by Wayne Colwell (Assistant Director Helen Spragg)

Crew:

STAGE MANAGER , Diane Careless

SET DESIGN , John Taylor

LIGHTING DESIGN , Alan Wood

CONSTRUCTION TEAM , Peter Turton, Ray Lockey, Chris Ely, Margueritte Ely, Danny Hulse, Ross Ashley

PROMPT , Pat Spragg, Alex Grimmett

COSTUME , Mary Prestidge, Carol Taylor, Sylvia Pugh

TECHNICAL OPERATORS , Dean Hillman, Alan Groucott, John Upton, Alan Wood

PROPS , Helen Spragg, Wayne Collwell

The action of the play takes place in the lounge of a country manor house in the 1930's.

Act I

Scene One: Late afternoon, Autumn
Scene Two: The following Morning

Act II

Scene One: Two hours later
Scene Two: An hour later

The Play:

From the author of Out of Focus comes this hilarious spoof of the best Agatha Christie traditions, with an assembled cast of aharacters guaranteed to delight: Bunting the butler, and English Colonel with the prerequisite stiff upper lip, a shady French art dealer and his moll, bumbling local inspectors and a well meaning local sleuth who seems to attract murder - they're all here, and caught up in the side-splitting antics which follow the mysterious death of the owner of a country manor house. But will the murderer be unmasked before everyone else has met thier doom?

Directors Note

I would like to thank each and every member of the cast for making my directing debut an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

Many thanks to Tracey Hart for stepping into the part of Miss Maple at such short notice and a very special thank you must go to Helen Spragg whose help was invaluable
Wayne Colwell