Loophole

Past productions

Edmund S Phelps, Granville Theatre, Ramsgate 10^th – 13^th November 1971.
Charles Don Productions, Savoy Theatre, Kettering and King’s Theatre, Southsea 27^th September – 9^th October 1965.
Worthing Theatre Company, Connaught Theatre, Worthing 15^th – 20^th April 1957.
New Theatre, Bangor 7^th – 12^th May 1956.
Easdale Theatre Company, Pier Pavilion Theatre, South Shields 1^st – 6^th August 1955.
Unicorn Players, Palace Avenue Theatre (now Palace Theatre), Paignton 11^th – 16^th July 1955.
Rainham Amateur Theatrical Society, St Margaret’s Hall, Rainham 25^th – 26^th February 1955.
Preston Repertory Company, Royal Hippodrome, Preston 13^th – ? December 1954.
Geoffrey Hastings for Smith & Whiley Productions Ltd, Newquay Theatre 10^th – ? September 1954.
Penguin Players, Egerton Park Theatre 7^th – ? July 1953.
Morecambe Repertory Theatre Ltd, Royalty Theatre, Morecambe March 1953.
Saxon Players, Theatre Royal, Leicester 6^th – 11^th October 1952.
Richmond Repertory Company, Richmond Theatre, Richmond, London 6^th – 11^th October 1952.
Court Royal Theatre, Horsham 8^th – 13^th September 1952.
North Wales Entertainments Ltd, White Rock Theatre, Hastings, Theatre Royal, Chatham, and other locations 27^th February – 8^th April 1950.
Falcon Players, Royal County Theatre, Bedford 27^th February – 4^th March 1950.
Harry Hanson’s Court Players, Stockport Hippodrome 9^th – 14^th May 1949.
Colchester Repertory Company, Colchester Repertory Theatre 25^th – 30^th April 1949.
Harry Hanson’s Court Players, Pier Theatre, Hastings 21^st – 26^th March 1949.
Globe Players [Derek and Reginald Salberg], Grand Theatre, Croydon and Empire Theatre, Penge 28^th February – 12^th March 1949.
Windsor Repertory Company, Theatre Royal, Windsor 11^th – 16^th October 1948.
David Lambert and Geoffrey Gomer, Scala Theatre, Dartford 19^th – 24^th July 1948.
Dundee Repertory Company, Dundee Repertory Theatre, Foresters Hall 10^th – 23^rd May 1948.

A play by Cecil Madden and MacGregor Urquhart

Also known as EMERGENCY EXIT, the play is constructed around six characters:

• Professor Richard Wilson DSc FRS – botanist and biochemist
• Enrys Garron – estate agent’s assistant
• Inspector Bloot – of the County Constabulary
• Iris Wilson (formerly Tranling) – wife of Richard Wilson
• Frances Tranling – younger sister of Iris
• Beatrice Tranling – actress sister of Iris and Frances

The plot centres on Frances Tranling, a ‘delicate’ young woman who, on the edge of insanity, is a source of endless worry to her sister (Iris Wilson) and brother-in-law (the Professor). Her ultimate fate is decided when she makes a maniacal attempt to fight a man she wrongly trusted (Enrys Garron) and is threatened with being incarcerated. She attempts suicide three times, only to be rescued each time by her sister. However, driven to despair, the sister finally turns mercy killer.

ACT 1:
Scene 1 – A morning in April.
Scene 2 – After lunch the same day.

ACT 2:
Scene 1 – Late in August 6pm.
Scene 2 – A moment later.
Scene 3 – Fine minutes later.

ACT 3:
Scene 1 – An hour later.
Scene 2 – A moment later.
Scene 4 – Next morning 11am.
Scene 5 – That night 12.30am.

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