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Ladies in Retirement

6/6/1961

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By Edward Percy and Reginald Denham
Directed by Guy Hammond

Season: 6 - 10 June 1961 - Elmwood's 100th Play

Miss Fiske, ex-actress, lives in a remote house with her companion, Ellen Creed. Ellen, who has devoted her life to her sisters, Louisa and Emily (simple-minded maiden ladies), invites them to visit her. These eccentric persons make themselves at home, but when Miss Fiske reminds Ellen it is time for them to go back, they are unwilling to do so. Miss Fiske and Ellen quarrel, and Ellen prepares to send her sisters to London. She has, however, secretly told them that they shall always remain with her. The sisters go for a drive, though Miss Fiske thinks they are leaving for good; the servants have been sent away (by Ellen), and Ellen and Miss Fiske are left alone together. On the return of the sisters Miss Fiske is gone—on a trip, Ellen says—and all three sisters settle down in what they regard as their own home. Meantime, Albert, nephew of the Creed sisters, who had paid a secret visit and got money from Miss Fiske, turns up again. He has robbed a bank and determines to hide with his aunts. Learning that Miss Fiske is away, and suspecting something, he pieces together the evidence. With the help of the maid Lucy, he lays a trap for Ellen, by reproducing in pantomime, in the moonlit living room, the scene of Ellen's murder of Miss Fiske. Ellen, who faints when she sees what she imagines is the ghost of her victim, plays a courageous but losing game. Knowing that Albert and Lucy realise what she has done, she plans for the security of her sisters and gives up to the police.

Cast:
Lucy Gilham - Stephanie Gow
Leonora Fiske - Taura Henderson
Ellen Creed - Marjorie Hammond
Albert Feather - Guy Hammond
Louisa Creed - Nan Sheard
Emily Creed - Dorothy Perkins
Sister Theresa - Natalie Brittenden
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