Our next production will be:
The Lady Killers by Graham Linehan
Directed by Maggie Smith
People by Alan Bennett
Directed by Maggie Smith
Former model Lady Dorothy Stacpoole is heir to a crumbling stately home in Yorkshire, where she and her companion Iris live, wrapped in thick socks and fur coats to combat the lack of a functioning boiler. Dorothy's younger Archdeacon sister June, wants to hand the property over to the National Trust. Dorothy, on the other hand, is very against this because it will mean 'people' tramping everywhere, examines many different avenues to earn some cash.
Things get complicated when an old flame of Dorothy’s stumbles across the house whilst scouting for a venue for the 'adult' film he is producing. Dorothy’s enthusiasm lands her a cameo part and the film crew proves its worth as the boiler is fixed and Dorothy is reintroduced to the glamour of ages past.
Despite this valiant effort to raise a little cash, ultimately Lady Dorothy is forced to endow the house to the National Trust and becomes a sort of exhibit herself, along with its collections of newspapers and chamber pots....
