Cat on the Fiddle

by

John Dole

 

Performed by West Moors Drama Society - 28 - 30 April 1983

 

                                               Cast

 

David Abbott.........................................George Turnbull

Kate Abbott...........................................Tess Campbell

Mrs MacWhimble..................................Margaret Walter

Mrs Scott................................................Diana Champ

Taxi Driver..............................................Derek Collins

A Visitor (Maria)....................................Jane Hilliard

Cuthbert Fortesque...............................Leslie Saunders

Arturo Cellini..........................................Bill Thoroughgood

Mrs Bottle...............................................Mary Mosley

Two Policemen......................................Ken Mee & Robert Nicholson

 

Director............................Mary Talbot & Frank Behennah

 

Synopsis

 

As David’s Italian penpal, Mario, is coming to stay, his wife Kate goes to her mother’s so that they can practise their languages in peace. When the penpal turns out to be a shapely brunette named Maria David is in big trouble, not least because Maria has smuggled in a packet of diamonds. The flat is soon besieged with assorted gangsters, a lady plumber, a curate, the police and an angry Kate!