WILD GOOSE CHASE

Programme & & Photo Gallery

Directed by:  Sheila Wells

Production Date:  March 1961

Playwright:  Derek Benfield

Genre:  Comedy Farce

Group:  BHTC

Staged:   The Park Centre, Burgess Hill

 

Joan Clayman

John Stallwood

Patricia McSweeney

Margarita Madge

Valerie Moore

Betty Dann

Jim Towell

Anthony Hole

Dennis Nye

Anthony White

Alan Dann

Cast

Ada

Lord Elrood

Patricia

Lady Elrood

Jenny Stewart

Miss Partridge

Chester Dreadnought

Capone

Wedgewood

Hilary Pond

Postman

Synopsis: 

 

Photographer Chester Dreadnought bluffs his way into the crumbling stately home of an impecunious aristocratic family, and even a trigger-happy belted Earl suffering from hallucinations cannot keep at bay the enterprising pair of jewel thieves who are pursuing their loot - not to mention Chester - round the castle.

 

Suits of armour and secret doors, mistaken identities and dotty servants all help to provide the variety of fare that goes to the making of this wild goose chase. 

 

BHTC NOTES: As detailed in the press review (see below), Alan Dann (playing the part off the postman) was accidentally left out of the programme. 

 

The club performed the sequel play, 'Post Horn Gallop' in 1966.

 

Crew

Alan Dann, Jack Trowbridge & Leon figg

Anthony White

Don Curwen & Peter Campbell

H Hopkins

Jane Towell

Yvonne Jones & Olive Greenfield

John Z Jefferies

Stage Managers

Set Design

Effects

Lighting

Props

Prompts

Front of House Manager

BHTC Production Number: 18