Brush With A Body
- Full Length Play, Farce, Comedy, Contemporary
- 5M, 6F
- ISBN: 9780573010583
In Sybil Walling's absence her children call in the chimney-sweep, whose brushes dislodge not only soot but a body.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Farce, Comedy
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
In Sybil Walling's absence her children call in the chimney-sweep, whose brushes dislodge not only soot but a body. When Sybil returns she tells them that, just before he died twenty years ago, their father had killed a Soho gangster and had hidden the body in the chimney. The police descend in pursuit of an amorous patient of Sybil's son Henry, which leads to hilarious misunderstandings and surprises.
Premiere Production:
Brush With A Body was produced by City Stage Productions Ltd and Anna Deere Wiman at the St. Martin's Theatre, London, on the 19th July, 1962.
Characters
- Casting: 5M, 6F
CYNTHIA WALLING - her sister
MR. FLAHERTY - an Irish chimney-sweep
MRS. D'ARCY - the Wallings' housekeeper
HENRY WALLING - the brother
PAUL MARTELL - a young actor
SYBIL WALLING - the mother
DETECTIVE INSPECTOR HARDY
SERGEANT BRAY
ROSITA HERNANDEZ
THE HON. PAMELA COLEFAX - Henry's fiancée
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In Sybil Walling's absence her children call in the chimney-sweep, whose brushes dislodge not only soot but a body. When Sybil returns she tells them that, just before he died twenty years ago, their father had killed a Soho gangster and had hidden the body in the chimney. The police descend in pursuit of an amorous patient of Sybil's son Henry, which leads to hilarious misunderstandings and surprises. |
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