Murder Deferred

MURDER DEFERRED (July Season) By Stuart Ready Characters Leila Markham (mid 40’s) Pleasant, good-looking Mrs Bolders (45-55) Local odd-job woman Minnie Akers (40-60) Pleasant, eccentric, carelessly dressed, sharp-tongued but warm-hearted Ruth Cousins (25-30) Hard, cunning, tough, trendy, uneducated speech Trudi Bauer (19-20) Student, au pair Col. Fountain (40-60) Local JP, classy, authoritative, austere Brian Clancy (about 40) Irish, appears a “good sort”, but can be abusive & aggressive Life for Leila Markham, licensee of “The Haywain”, a Dorset village inn, seems quiet and pleasant enough, but, with the arrival of the tough, dangerous, Ruth Cousins, secrets of Leila’s past catch up with her. In her efforts to cope with a blackmail plot, she becomes involved in the more serious business of murder. Or does she? It remains for the amiably eccentric Minnie Akers to sort things out. All ages are really quite indeterminate, except for Trudi who is of course a student. Auditions for this intriguing drama will take place at the Theatre on Saturday afternoon 14th April at 2.30pm sharp and will be in the format of a reading, so everyone will get a ‘go’ at reading a part. In this way too, you will know what the story is all about and get a ‘feel’ for all the characters. Director: Carole Wilson 9307 1471