The Best Cellar
Macabre satire about a family of Transylvanian vampires moving into a Connecticut farmhouse and sleeping in four coffins in the cellar.
Reviewed in The Stage on 19th November 1959: ‘Dulcie Gray leads the way in ghoulish fr0lic’ (page 18), and the Nottingham Guardian on 8th December: ‘Vampires are life and ghoul of the party’ (page 4).
The American playwright, Jonathan Bates, was described in publicity as a 32-year-old flight purser with TWA. The director, DeWitt Bodeen, was a screenwriter responsible for such classic 1940s films as CAT PEOPLE and THE SEVENTH VICTIM.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Beatrice | Julia Foster |
|---|---|
| Deedee | Diana Potter |
| Dr Heideman | Ian Gray |
| Homer | Allan Mitchell |
| Joseph Ruthwen | Peter Madden |
| Julia Tancred | Dulcie Gray |
| Mrs Darby | Grace Matthews |
| Tom Tancred | Michael Lomax |
| Walter | Brian McDermott |
Crew | |
| Designer | John Cobb |
| Director | DeWitt Bodeen |
| Presented by | John Cobb |
| Presented by | Jack Waller |
- Added by Jared William.
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