The Small Hours
by Frances Durbridge
November 2024
What do a koala bear, an emerald necklace, and a flight bag have in common?
Find out in this thriller of suspense, mystery, and of course, murder!
ACT I
Scene 1: Coming Home
Scene 2: Several days later. 7pm
Scene 3: The following morning
Scene 4: 9pm that night
Scene 5: The next morning
Scene 6: In the small hours of the next day
ACT II
Scene 1: Several hours later the same morning
Scene 2: Evening of the same day
Scene 3: An hour later
Scene 4: Later the same evening
The Setting
The living room of Carl and Vanessa Houston’s apartment at The Orchard Hotel, near Chichester, sometime in the nineties.
CAST
RONNIE SHELDON
CARL HOUSTON
CAPTAIN GODARD
INSPECTOR WESTWOOD
VANESSA HOUSTON
RUTH WYATT
BERNARD DECKER
MILLIE DECKER
OLIVER RADFORD
HARRY SCOTTSDALE
MARGARET MACKENZIE
Basil Conroy
Simon Grier
Malcolm Shaw
John Ellaway
Birgitta Morton
Edwina Scanlon
Marc McMenamin
Carol Fitzsimons
Neale Webb
Robert Lambert
Gwen Priestman
Small Running Title
CREW
DIRECTOR
ASSISTED BY
STAGE MANAGER
STAGE CREW
SOUND & LIGHTING
WARDROBE & PROPS
PROMPT
SET DESIGN
BOX OFFICE
FRONT OF HOUSE
TEAS
PHOTOGRAPHY
WEBSITE & PUBLICITY
Linda Montgomery
Gwen Priestman & Carol Fitzsimons
Ivan Sheppard
David Murphy, Robert Lambert
Harry Sheppard, Simon Grier
Jim McMahon, Colm Smith
Marc Whisker
Hilary Bryan
Sabina Purcell
Patrick Molloy
Ann Rath, Susie Grier, Daphne Kaye
George Windsor-Aubrey
Malcolm Shaw, Ian Crowley
Barbara Walker & helpers
Robert Lambert
Simon Grier