BRUSH WITH A BODY
BRUSH WITH A BODY
Directed by: Anthony White
Production Date: March 1964
Playwright: Maurice McLoughlin
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Group: BHTC
Staged: The Park Centre, Burgess Hill
Joan Clayman
June Colledge
John McDonnell
Betty Dann
John Stallwood
Anthony Hole
Marjorie Liechti
Rodney Nash
Robin Harris
June Steer
Cast
Sarah Walling
Cynthia Walling
Mr Flaherty
Mrs Darcy
Paul Martell
Sybil Walling
Detective Inspector Hardy
Sergeant Bray
Rosita Hernandez
The Hon Pamela Colefax
Peter Campbell
Jane Towell
Pauline Jarvis
Jo White
Leon Figg
Yvonne Jones
Alan Dann
Elsie Nash
Jack Trowbridge
Crew
Stage Director
Prompt
Properties
Wardrobe
Effects
Business & Publicity
Front of House
Box Office Manager
Set Designer
Synopsis:
The entire play takes place in the morning room of Sybil Walling’s house in Hampstead. In Sybil’s absence her children call in the chimney sweep, whose brushes dislodge not only soot, but also a body. When Sybil returns she has some surprising news for them…. As the story unfolds there are some hilarious misunderstandings and surprises.
Brush with A Body was first performed in 1962 at St. Martin's Theatre, London.
PLAYWRIGHT: Maurice McLoughlin wrote this play in 1962. Not a lot of information could be found about his life or work, but other plays of his include 'Letter From The General' (1961), an adaptation of Frank Richard's 'Billy Bunters Christmas Circus' (1962) and 'Shadow In The Sun (1963).
BHTC Production Number: 31
