Loophole
Past productions
- Edmund S Phelps, Granville Theatre, Ramsgate
- Charles Don Productions, Savoy Theatre, Kettering and King’s Theatre, Southsea
- Worthing Theatre Company, Connaught Theatre, Worthing
- New Theatre, Bangor
- Easdale Theatre Company, Pier Pavilion Theatre, South Shields
- Unicorn Players, Palace Avenue Theatre (now Palace Theatre), Paignton
- Rainham Amateur Theatrical Society, St Margaret’s Hall, Rainham
- Preston Repertory Company, Royal Hippodrome, Preston
- Geoffrey Hastings for Smith & Whiley Productions Ltd, Newquay Theatre
- Penguin Players, Egerton Park Theatre
- Morecambe Repertory Theatre Ltd, Royalty Theatre, Morecambe
- Saxon Players, Theatre Royal, Leicester
- Richmond Repertory Company, Richmond Theatre, London
- Court Royal Theatre, Horsham
- North Wales Entertainments Ltd, White Rock Theatre, Hastings, Theatre Royal, Chatham, and other locations
- Falcon Players, Royal County Theatre, Bedford
- Harry Hanson’s Court Players, Stockport Hippodrome
- Colchester Repertory Company, Colchester Repertory Theatre
- Harry Hanson’s Court Players, Pier Theatre, Hastings
- Globe Players [Derek and Reginald Salberg], Grand Theatre, Croydon and Empire Theatre, Penge
- Windsor Repertory Company, Theatre Royal, Windsor
- David Lambert and Geoffrey Gomer, Scala Theatre, Dartford
- Dundee Repertory Company, Dundee Repertory Theatre, Foresters Hall
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.