A Merry Christmas One and All
Category: Allendale Centre
Edward
Written by Margaret Wood Where and When 12th July 1991 @ The Allendale Centre, Wimborne…
Move Over Mrs Markham
Philip Markham, a publisher of children’s books, is asked by his business partner, Henry Lodge, if he can borrow the flat for the evening to gallivant with his latest girlfriend.
Charley’s Aunt
Jack and Charley persuade their friend, an undergraduate Lord Fancourt Babberley, to impersonate an aunt. The complications of the plot begin with the arrival of the real aunt.
Death and the Maiden
The events of the past are brought to life in Gorse Cottage when, after twenty years abroad, Mrs Bell’s daughter Sylvia returns to visit her mother and spinster sister, Mavis.
Sailor Beware!
A.B. Albert Tufnell is anxious that his fiancĂ©e, Shirley, should not take after her mother, Emma. Albert’s only defence is to go AWOL and not to turn up at church.
Pack of Lies
All is blissful in their world until a detective from Scotland Yard asks the Jackson family to use their house as an observation station to try and foil a Soviet spy ring operating in the area.
Streuth
This is a crime story that not even Agatha Christie would have dared to write and it gets itself into such confusion that it is doomed, apparently, to perpetual motion.
Don’t Blame It On The Boots
No one would have blamed it on the boots if only Kate had produced Macbeth instead of Hamlet, or Ophelia hadn’t been so attractive and naive, or Eric had smaller feet.