The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery written by British actor, producer, playwright, screenwriter and film critic David McGillivray (born 1947) [1] and Walter Zerlin [2].
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Original text
Every drama group has experienced the horrors of what can go wrong on opening night, and the ladies of the F.A.H.E.T.G. Dramatic Society are no different, with the possible exception that almost everything that could happen does! The scenery collapses, cues are missed, lines forgotten, and the sound effects take on a strange note at times, as the ladies present their ambitious evening's entertainment with the cunning whodunit, "Murder At Checkmate Manor."
The first production of The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery was in Edinburgh in August 1980. The play was part of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Published by Samuel French.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted as The Bergvliet ... Murder Mystery.
Performance history in South Africa
1989: The Bergvliet Murder Mystery was directed by David McGillivray for CAPAB in 1989. Cape Town (Nico Arena), National Arts Festival, Port Elizabeth Opera House, Guild Theatre East London. Mary Dreyer, Bo Petersen, Fiona Coyne, Pauline O'Kelly, Mark Hoeben (actor and stage manager), later replaced by Willie Fritz.
Sources
Evening Post, 10 July 1989.
Theatre programme, 1989.
Theatre programme, 1990.
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