Deal with Murder, 1964

[Riklaa]

Deal with Murder, 1964, Peter Cornish. No Other information was found on this play other than, It was found recently after being presumed lost.

[Jim Robarts]

Thank you for the program.

[WWB]

Rick, Thanks for posting this, and thanks to Bob for the info.  WWB

[Anson (Bob) Roberts]

I wish someone had asked me about this "lost" play ... it's been in my collection for years. :>)

 

Here's the info and full cast:

 

Deal with Murder
Peter Cornish
May 9, 1964

Lynn Harker, a young painter, receives a death threat over the phone from an unknown caller, which she discusses with her fiance, Tom Swain. At the same time, Lynn has received a letter calling her to the side of her rich Aunt Nina, from whom she's been estranged for five years.

But after being called down on the pretext of reconciliation, Lynn finds she has been tricked by her spiteful aunt. After an argument in which her aunt tells her she has been written out of her will and that she will leave all her money to her companion, Lynn leaves in a huff at 4:40 p.m., even though her aunt would not provide her transportation to the train station, more than six miles away, to catch the train back to London at 5:05 p.m. Five minutes later on her walk back, she is picked up by an American tourist who, on his last day in England, is taking his hired car back to town. He drops her off in time to just catch her train where she shares a compartment with Mike, a North Country Traveller, with whom she continues talking with after her arrival at Waterloo Station.

When she finally arrives back at her studio in Regent's Park, she is met by her fiance and Detective-Sergeant Harvey of the North Sussex CID, who have been waiting at her studio since 7:15 p.m. The detective tells her that her aunt was murdered at 5:15 p.m. - shot through the back of the head - and the gun that killed her had Lynn's fingerprints on it. Lynn has been set up and will soon find out that the two men who can give her an alibi will be extremely hard, if not impossible, to track down.

Jane Wenham [Lynn Harker]
Frank Duncan [Jason Flowerdew]
John Pullen [Tom Swain]
Marjorie Westbury [Lady Nina Mathry, Lynn's rich Aunt / Miss Edith Terry, Nina's young companion]
Denis Graham [Inspector Davies]
Nicolette Bernard [Miss Lyla James, an actress friend of Jason]
Stephen Thorne [Mike, a North Country traveller]
William Fox [Billy, Nina's chauffeur and handyman]
John Ruddock [Mr. Thraill, The Family Solicitor]
Frederick Treves [Detective-Sergeant Harvey]
Mary Wimbush [Mrs. Cooper, resident of Elm Cottage]
Hamlyn Benson [Mr. Frisby, the laundromat manager]
Eva Stuart [Mrs. Beasley]
Geoffrey Matthews [Bob Hazelrig, a home-farm tenant of Nina's]
Garard Green [George, attendant at Lynn's studio]
Andrew Sachs [an American motorist]
Peter Bartlett [waiter at the Raven]

Produced by Audrey Cameron

[Riklaa]

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the info on the play.  I probably have a few like this myself.  I, like you, never know they are lost until someone tells me so or I read it. LOL  I don't doubt that there are many more pearls in every serious collectors collection of oysters.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Rick

[Robert Flood]

Thanks for the offering.

Bob

[Andrew Campbell]

Many thanks - looking forward to listening to this.

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Hi Rick:

This is terrific that you found and uploaded this wonderful lost play.

Here is the background information:

DEAL WITH MURDER....1964
by Peter Cornish. Produced by Audrey Cameron. 9th May 64, Home Service, SNT. A young painter receives a death threat over the phone from an unknown caller. With Jane Wenham, Frank Duncan, John Pullen, Marjorie Westbury, Denis Graham, Nicolette Bernard, Stephen Thorne, William Fox, John Ruddock, Frederick Treves, Mary Wimbush, Hamlyn Benson, Eva Stuart, Geoffrey Matthews, Garard Green, Andrew Sachs, and Peter Bartlett.


Thanks bunches, katy