Suddenly At Home
by Francis Durbridge
March 2012
When Glenn Howard, a busy executive, decides to get rid of his wealthy wife Maggie, firstly to enjoy her money, secondly to avoid spending the rest of his life in boring luxury in remote Bermuda, and thirdly to free himself for another woman, he works out a complicated and devious plan to keep himself in the clear.
The action takes place in the living-room of the Howard's flat in London. Time - the 1970s.
ACT I
Scene 1. A Thursday evening early in January
Scene 2. The following afternoon
Scene 3. Several hours later
Scene 4. Later the same night
ACT II
Scene 1. Thursday morning
Scene 2. Thursday evening
CAST
GLEN HOWARD
HELEN TENDBY
DETECTIVE APPLETON
MAGGIE HOWARD
SHEILA WALLACE
SAM BLAINE
SUPERINTENDENT REMICK
RUTH BELCHER
John Ellaway
Charlotte Farrell
Robert Lambert
Deirdre Potts
Gwen Priestman
Neale Webb
Dick White
Hazel Windsor-Aubrey
Small Running Title
CREW
DIRECTOR
ASSISTED BY
STAGE MANAGER
STAGE CREW
PROPERTIES
LIGHTING
CONTINUITY
BOX OFFICE
SET DESIGN
PUBLICITY
FRONT OF HOUSE
Linda Montgomery
Edwina Scanlon
Brian Crawford
Harry Sheppard & Paul Field
David Murphy & Ivan Sheppard
David Priestman & Geoff Lovegrove
Cilla Turner & Hazel Sothern
Dick White
Daphne Kaye
Ann Rath
Geoff Lovegrove
Edwina Scanlon
Tommy Rath