
In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Cast

Robert Morley
W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker

Margaret Rutherford
Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire

Kay Kendall
Sandra Beverley

Michael Medwin
Jerry Winterton

Liam Gaffney
Norwood Beverley
Olive Sloane
Maud Baron

Lloyd Lamble
Jackson

Charlotte Mitchell
Daphne Ray
Charles Lamb
George
Constance Lorne
Sarah Stebbins
Maggie Hanley
Mary

Stringer Davis
Vicar

Joan Hickson
Harry's Landlady
John Cazabon
Mr Stebbins

Diana Calderwood
Set Painter

Joan Rice
Avis

Sam Kydd
Ambulance man (uncredited)
Crew
Ralph Smart
Director
Douglas Robertson
Editor
Stanley Pavey
Director of Photography
Philip Shipway
Assistant Director
Robert Garrett
Producer
George Pitcher
Associate Producer

Ted Moore
Camera Operator
John Wilson-Apperson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Joan Ellacott
Costume Design
Gladys Atkinson
Hairdresser
Bob Lawrance
Makeup Artist
Leslie Hodgson
Sound Editor
Peter Handford
Sound Recordist
Red Law
Sound Recordist

Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer

Desmond Davis
Clapper Loader
Maisie Kelly
Continuity
Jack Rix
Production Manager
phillip king
Original Story
Jack Davies
Original Story
Michael Pertwee
Original Story
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
Geoffrey Drake
Art Direction
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