Mildred and Arthur Royd, Marcia’s parents, own a country cottage intended for quiet week-ends. It does not, however, work out that way on some occasions.
Category: Douglas Treharne
1965
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Dead On Nine
A man reliant on wife’s money asks for divorce after ten years of marriage, on refusal he attempts to kill her, and then other murders ensue…
1964
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The White Sheep Of The Family
This impious comedy is about a family of well-to-do crooks who are shocked when the son, an excellent forger, quits the fold to go straight. The reason is not long hidden: he has met a girl.
1964
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Holiday Eve
The Fisher family arrive back home from their holiday glad to be back. They find that they left the gas on. the baby will not stop crying so the doctor is sent for and the baby has measles.
1964
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The Tea Cosy
Sadly the plot of The Tea Cosy is currently unknown. This play was performed as part of an evening of one act plays with The Man In The Bowler Hat and Holiday Eve.
1964
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The Man In The Bowler Hat
A terribly exciting little affair happens in the humdrum life of John and Mary, a tempest in a teapot, but while it lasts–well, it’s high comedy, at least for the audience!
1963
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Sorry, Wrong Number
Sadly the plot of Sorry, Wrong Number is currently unknown. This play was performed as part of an evening of one act plays with The Dear Departed and Tea For Three.
1963
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The Dear Departed
The play ‘The Dear Departed’ by Stanley Houghton is a story that depicts the sad reality of the modern nuclear families that are strained with selfish interests and individual desires.
1962
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Love’s A Luxury
A theatre producer and an actor try and have a quiet week in a country cottage. Their efforts are thwarted by the arrival of a variety of wives, girlfriends and scoutmasters!
(W.) Leslie Young
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The Secret Tent
A young wife who has been missing and presumed murdered returns home only to find that her husband’s feelings for her have completely changed.
(W.) Leslie Young
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The Happy Marriage
Set on a roof garden on a day in the summer of 1952, the play tells the story of Helen and Henry Mansell-Smith who have been happily married for 11 years – but things start to fall apart.
(W.) Leslie Young
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Love In A Mist
Two couples – one married, one not – are touring Ireland in the 1950’s when they find themselves lost. Fortunately both couples find a very unusual bed-and-breakfast.