Blackmore Players breathe new life into old farce

Blackmore Players at Blackmore Village Hall

Review by Michael Gray

The intrepid Blackmore Players – one of the best village companies in the area – breathe new life into this old farce.

Andrew Raymond's production is great fun, boasting some excellent performances and a splendid set.

Matthew Pearson and Rebecca Smith are the hapless newly-weds who unwittingly get mucky books and blue films sent through the post; visitors to their love-nest over the bank include his snobbish mother (a lovely character performance from Linda Raymond), his pompous boss (Keith Goody), Superintendent Paul (Ryan Stevens) and two oddly assorted good-time girls (Lisa Matthews and Ela Raymond).

But the comedy gongs must go to Old Mr Haskell as the bank inspector with the Union Flag flying beneath his jim-jams, and Young Mr Haskell as the chief cashier.

The cast thoroughly deserved the gales of laughter that greeted the better jokes, and the whoops and cheers on their curtain-call.