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PRODUCTION: Post Horn Gallop (Comedy Farce) PRODUCTION DATE: May 1966 DIRECTED BY: Robert G. Newton assisted by James Towell STAGED: The Park Centre, Burgess Hill SYNOPSIS: Chester Dreadnaught returns from his honeymoon to find his aristocratic in-laws have turned their stately home, Elrood Castle, into a tourist attraction. With the scatty Lord and Lady Elrood opening the castle to the public all sorts of things go wrong with Boy Scouts camping in the grounds and the gawping visitors being given guided tours by the castle historian Miss Partridge. Meanwhile Chester is once again menaced by his old enemies Capone and Wedgewood, whilst Lord Elrood lurks in the flowerbeds with his shotgun ready to defend himself from the butcher boy, the postman and any other suspicious characters! PLAYWRIGHT: Derek Benfield. Post Horn Gallop was written in 1964. BHTC NOTES: This play is a sequel to 'Wild Goose Chase' performed by the club in 1961.
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