WHO KILLED SANTA CLAUS?
Programme, Photos & Press Reviews
Production Date: April 1974
Directed by: John Poulson
Playwright: Terence Feely
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Group: BHTC
Staged: The Martlets, Burgess Hill
SYNOPSIS:
Barbara Love - a popular television 'auntie' - is planning a Christmas party. But just before it can commence, Barbara is threatened by a chilling voice on her answering machine and then receives a macabre present boxed in a miniature coffin.
Not so much a 'whodunnit' but more a 'who's going to do it', as along troop the staff of her television show for the Christmas buffet, each one of them with a motive to murder her. The tension mounts as this cunningly plotted thriller twists and turns towards the final spine-tingling revelation.
BHTC NOTES: Nancy Forsdike (playing Barbara Love) recorded in her notes how wonderful the split level set was that was designed by Tony White and built by BHTC members
PLAYWRIGHT:
Terence Feely published this play in 1971. He also wrote television episodes of The Avengers, The Prisoner, UFO, The Persuaders, The Protectors, The New Avengers and The Return of the Saint. He died in 2000, aged 72.
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Managers
Assistant Producer
Set Designer
Properties
Lighting
Effects
Prompt
Front of House Manager
Publicity
Frank Oakley
Melanie Murfin & Cheryl Arscott
Margaret Coveney
Anthony White
Karen Jefferies & Carol Oakley
Mick Pate & Charles Briggs
Peter Coveney
Doreen Oakley
Sheila Newell
Christine Batsford & Joan O'Meara
Crew
WHO KILLED SANTA CLAUS?
Nancy Forsdike
Pam Jefferies
Peter Case
Keith Jefferies
Leon Figg
Rodney Nash
Anthony White
Rick Peckham
Barbara Love
Connie Bell
Jack Barnes
Chris Moore
Paul Reston
Don Lewis
Ray Lacey
Dave Ogden
Cast
BHTC Production Number: 81
