POST HORN GALLOP - October 2004

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About the Play

In his ancestral home Chester is once again menaced by his old enemies Capone and Wedgewood. Lord Elrood lurks in the flowerbeds with his shotgun ready to defend himself from the butcher boy, the postman and any other suspicious characters. Maggie and Bert turn up for a nose around the ancestral living room and find more than they bargained for!

About the Author

Derek Benfield was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, the son of a journalist. During the war he served in the Army, and then trained for the theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He has a long running acting career and have been seen in many popular television programmes including Coronation Street, Casualty, Only Fools and Horses, Poirot, Hetty Wainthrop investigates and Lovejoy. Derek Benfield is also a successful playwright with a long string of comedies and farces which have been performed throughout the world.

Directed by Stephen Dunstan

Cast:

Ada: Deborah Dignum

Lord Elrood: Stephen Dunstan
Lady Elrood: Julie Dignum

Chester Dreadnaught: Michael Hall
Patricia: Laura Daynes.

Mrs. Partridge: Jenny Howard

Bert: Jeff Granger
Maggie: Linda Phillips

Mr. Capone: Dave Marks
Mr. Wedgewood: Richard Clayton

George Willis: Eddie Allison