November 2002

Tiptoe Through the Tombstones

a play by Norman Robbins
Directed by Keith Povey

Some months have passed since the ghastly events in Monument House, well known to those familiar with Norman Robbins’ earlier A Tomb with a View. Now Mortimer Crayle, the crusty old lawyer, and his secretary Zoe, have gathered the last remaining Tomb family members (as offbeat a bunch as the original occupants) at the old house, ostensibly to inform them about their inheritance. But Crayle has designs on the inheritance which demand the deaths of all the Tombs. Fog descends on the gloomy mansion and in the cobwebby corridors things, and people, are seldom what they seem. With poison in every decanter and mysterious disappearances into secret passageways, hosts and guests alike join the increasing number of bodies in the cellar. A glorious spoof, a worthy sequel to A Tomb with a View, although previous acquaintance with the Tombs is not required!

Cast

Vernon Prewitt	Paul Bidston
Edna Honeywill	Natalie Horne
Zoe Mapleton	Marian Davies
Mortimer Crayle	Keith Povey
Octavia Tomb	Jenny Hornby
Henrietta Tomb	Pip Horne
Augustus Tomb	Andy Rushman
Athene Tomb	Rita Kelly
Larry Lewis	Ian Hornby
Fabia Tomb	Alison Warburton