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(Comments from the Director - Julian Oldfield).
It is mid-winter and the lake is frozen over, the locals often walk across the ice as a short cut. Maurice Holt has been struck off the medical register. He now lives in seclusion with his wife Janet and Sister Stella. On the other side of the lake live his younger step-brother Colin with his wife Iris.
Col. Forbes, the local chief constable, calls to offer to mediate to try and arrange for Maurice to be reinstated; but will his efforts be in vain? The morning following the Colonels visit a body is found under the ice.
Written by Hugh Mills (a prolific playwright but probably best known for his novel 'Prudence and the Pill') and set in the late 1940's the West-end production of this play starred Flora Robson and Andrew Cruickshank.
Our cast includes John Daykin, Ed Daly, Mary-Rose McLaren, Loryl Oglethorpe, Linda Ogier, Paul Rose, Sally Read, Peppa Sinder & Haydn Vincent.
One of the first regional Theatre productions in the U.K. was at the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch (see photo) when Maurice was played by Frank Thomton (best known for his role in "Are you Being Served) and Colin, his step-brother, was played by Gary Watson (who made regular appearances in 'The Avengers') whilst the part of Mr. Howard was played by Peter Coe (who went on to direct the original production of the famous musical 'Oliver').
The Hornchurch production was directed by John Dexter, who was one of the original team of directors at the National Theatre and Director of productions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. I personally hold an enormous debt to him as I spent many years as his assistant both in London and New York. He was the original director of such productions as 'The Royal Hunt of the Sun', 'Equus' and 'Half a Sixpence'.
