Overview
In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Director and cast
- Ralph Smart Director
- Robert Morley as W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker
- Margaret Rutherford as Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire
- Kay Kendall as Sandra Beverley
- Michael Medwin as Jerry Winterton
- Liam Gaffney as Norwood Beverley
- Olive Sloane as Maud Baron
- Lloyd Lamble Cast
- Charlotte Mitchell Cast
- Charles Lamb Cast
- Constance Lorne Cast
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