Setting
Set in the 1950s in the drawing-room of the Hailsham-Brown residence, a large house in the English
countryside called Copplestone Court.
The action takes place during the course of an evening in March.
Synopsis
Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. ‘Supposing I were to come
down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?’ she muses. Clarissa has her
chance to find out when she discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent.
Desperate to dispose of the body before her husband comes home with an important foreign politician,
Clarissa persuades her three house guests to become accessories and accomplices. It seems that the
murdered man was not unknown to certain members of the house party (but which ones?), and the
search begins for the murderer and the motive, while at the same time trying to persuade a police
inspector that there has been no murder at all.
Performances
Thursday 13th to Sunday 16th November 2025
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Artistic Team
Director – Michael Hall
Assistant Director – Hollie Heavens
Cast
| Character | Actor |
|---|---|
| Clarissa Hailsham-Brown | Carys Surbey |
| Jeremy Warrender | Jasmine Stock |
| Oliver Costello | Michael Costello |
| Pippa Hailsham-Brown | Zoe Aina |
| Mildred Peake | Alison Lee |
| Elgin | Alexandra Varga |
| Henry Hailsham-Brown | Reuben Tyler-Wilkinson |
| Constable Jones | Dotty Wass |
| Sir Rowland Delahaye | David Mestecky |
| Hugo Birch | Adam D’Souza |
| Inspector Lord | Will Brown |
Backstage
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