THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS
SYNOPSIS:
Young viscount Pym manages to to get an army leave on the pretense of running for the Conservatives in the next local election. His only aim in fact is to marry June, a rich American heiress, before she returns to America.
Due to unexpected circumstances he is driven to take part in the election campaign but loses the vote. Humiliated, Tony must win June Back, so why not stand again, as a... Socialist this time!?
Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds is now used
as a procedural device to effect resignation
from the House of Commons,
as British MPs are not permitted
simply to resign their seat.
THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS
Playwright: William Douglas Home
Genre: Comedy
Directed by: Elizabeth Batten &
Pamela Jefferies
Production Date: June 1985
Group: BHTC
Staged: The Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
BHTC Production Number: 130
Programme
Crew
Cast
Tim Kendell
Elizabeth Batten
Tim Kendell
Peter Coveney
John Hurst, Richard Griffin & Jeremy Hole
Pam Jefferies
Norma Somerville & Hannah Batten
Jane Towell
Elizabeth Lorentzen & Barbara Kinsey
John Poulson
The Earl of Lister
The Countess of Lister
June Farrell
Bessie
Lord Pym
Lady Caroline Smith
Mr Cleghorn
Anthony White
June Colledge
Jane Josephs
Sarah Jane Blaber
Kim Newland
Julia Clark
Peter Harwood
