You Too Can Have a Body
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Comedy-thriller about two TV scriptwriters (Chick Wade and Lucky Wilson) staying at a supposedly haunted stately home and inheriting a clairvoyant typewriter. Its first presentation, by Brian Rix on Sunday 3rd March 1957, was a one-off performance for BBC TV, from the stage of the Whitehall Theatre and featuring the cast of the Whitehall’s then-running attraction, DRY ROT.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Chick Wade | Bill Maynard |
|---|---|
| Detective Inspector Bolton | Stuart Saunders |
| Laura Harvey | Olga Lowe |
| Lord Leverdale | Kynaston Reeves |
| Lucky Wilson | Bill Kerr |
| Maude Tarrant | Hazel Douglas |
| Mervyn Harvey | John Walters |
| Mrs Porchester | Vi Stevens |
| P.C. Burke | George Lee |
| P.C. Hare | Ronald Drake |
| Pringle | Wally Patch |
| Sergeant Bell | Douglas Argent |
| Shirley Drake | Elizabeth Chambers |
| Tallulah | Penny Morrell |
| Mrs Porchester (replacement) | Joan Ingram
(started 2nd June 1958) |
Crew | |
| Director | Henry Kendall |
| Setting by | Rhoda Gray |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Jennifer Aylmer |
| Company and Stage Manager | George Bowler |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Lauriston Shaw |
| Presented by arrangement with | Jack Hylton |
| Presented by arrangement with | Val Parnell |
| Press Representative | Torrington Douglas |
| Scene built by | Ted Babbidge |
| Scene painted by | Stage Decor Ltd |
- Added by Michael Hope, last modified by Chris D.
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