Brush With a Body
A comedy in three acts written in 1962 by Maurice McLoughlin. 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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The original text
First performed in 1962 at St Martin's Theatre, London.
Published by Samuel French, 1963.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1964: Produced by Ivy Foster at the St John's Methodist Church Hall, Port Elizabeth from October 30 to November 7, 1964. Proceeds were for the Walmer Methodist Church and the South African Blind Workers' Organisation (Easter Province Branch). Cast: Leandra Feneysey (Sarah Walling), Anne Paterson (Cynthia Walling), Alfred Porter (Mr Flaherty, the Sweep), Marjorie Mills (Mrs D'Arcy, the housekeeper), David Cuthbert, (Henry Walling), Bruce Erasmus (Paul Martell), Maisie Hutchison (Sybil Walling), [[Basil McGrath), Michael Mills (Sergeant Bray), Sheelagh Opperman (Rosita Hernandez) and Jillian Keefe (The Hon Pamela Colefax).
Presented by Pretoria Intimate Theatre, Breytenbach Theatre, Pretoria, 22 July – 1 August 1970.
Sources
http://www.burgesshilltheatreclub.org.uk/past_productions/1964BrushWithABody/BrushWithABody1964.html
Theatrical programme Brush With Death, 1964
In Pretoria booklet, July 1970.
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