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Suddenly At Home

A Play by Francis Durbridge

Produced by Percy Hodgson

Cast
Maggie Howard Lynda Leigh
Helen Tenby (her sister) Annette Tyler
Ruth Bechler (Maggie's au-pair girl) Carol Nixon
Sam Blaine Nigel Phillips
Sheila Wallis Janice Wright
Glenn Howard Robin Whitburn
Appleton Donald Hume
Remick Roy Lewis
The action takes place in the living-room of a quiet London mews flat belonging to Maggie and Glenn Howard.

Synopsis

When Glenn Howard decided to get rid of his wealthy wife, firstly to enjoy her money, secondly to avoid spending the rest of his life in Bermuda, and thirdly to free himself for another woman, he worked out a complicated but seemingly foolproof plan which would not only keep him in the clear but involve his wife's former lover, detective-story writer Sam Blaine. The plan depands on the co-operation of another person, Sheila Wallis, an attractive woman to whom Glenn is apparently devoted, and all appears to be going well for Glenn until the unexpected arrival of the formidable Remick.

This play was first produced at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, in 1971 with Gerald Harper and Penelope Keith in the leading roles of Glenn and Maggie Howard. In Fairlight, Lynda Leigh took the part of Maggie, while the part of Glenn was taken by Robin Whitburn, one of four newcomers, among which was Roy Lewis as the "formidable" Remick.