Wife After Death

This comedy written by Eric Chappell, the writer of the BBC hit Rising Damp, is very funny indeed and kept the audience in fits of laughter throughout. The play opened where  Laura Thursby (Kate Joels) late husband, a professional comedian had died and the coffin containing the corpse is on trestles in the sitting room waiting to be taken to the nearby Church. Vi Barrett (Liz Whitehouse) and her husband Harvey, (Hugh Raymer), who was a script writer for the deceased and his best friend, (so he thought), Kevin Prewitt (David Vas) his wife Jane (Iris Checketts) and Kay (Tracy Venables) completed the excellent cast. All five of them had a differing viewpoint on the deceased’s life as the revelations about his extra marital affairs began to surface. It turned out that he had had long standing affairs with all three wives Vi, Jane and Kay (and probably others) which brought side splitting laughter to the audience but consternation and disbelief .to his friends and lovers. This small village Society performs for three nights to sell out audiences of about one hundred each night and there is a wonderful atmosphere in the compact Village Hall. The excellent set and lighting enhanced the whole performance. A superb production all round by the two Directors Chris Marsh and Pauline Boyce and the talented cast. 

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