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POST HORN GALLOP

Synopsis: 

 

Chester Dreadnaught returns from his honeymoon to find his aristocratic in-laws have turned their stately home, Elrood Castle, into a tourist attraction.

 

With the scatty Lord and Lady Elrood opening the castle to the public all sorts of things go wrong with Boy Scouts camping in the grounds and the gawping visitors being given guided tours by the castle historian Miss Partridge.

 

Meanwhile Chester is once again menaced by his old enemies Capone and Wedgewood, whilst Lord Elrood lurks in the flowerbeds with his shotgun ready to defend himself from the butcher boy, the postman and any other suspicious characters!

 

BHTC NOTES: This play is a sequel, click here to see 'Wild Goose Chase' performed by the club in 1961.

POST HORN GALLOP

Genre:  Comedy Farce

Playwright: Derek Benfield

Directed by:  Robert G Newton assisted by James Towell

Production Date: May 1966

Group:  BHTC

Staged:   The Park Centre, Burgess Hill

BHTC Production Number: 38

PLAYWRIGHT:  Derek Benfield.

Post Horn Gallop was written in 1964.

John Bibby

June Colledge

Nancy Forsdike

Jennifer Taylor

Betty Dann

Anthony White

John McDonnell

Marjorie Liechti

Anthony Hole

John Lowe

Francis Russell-Flint

Cast

Ada

Lord Elrood

Lady Elrood

Patricia

Miss Partridge

Chester Dreadnought

Bert

Maggie

Mr Capone

Mr Wedgewood

George Willis

Crew

Ron Forsdike

Ann Woodgate

Elizabeth Batten & Jane Towell

Elizabeth Batten & Norma Somerville

John Beacon

Alan Dann

Stage Director

Prompt

Properties

Wardrobe

Box Office

Set Designer

Programme 

Photos & Press Cuttings

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