Firstly, many thanks to Rina for providing the wonderful Galette des Rois, they really were fabulous.
And my thanks to you all for bearing with me as this year is going to be a bit of a bumpy ride for dates!
I'm putting this up in the hope that we can meet on 28th February!
Wife After Death
by Eric Chappell
Comedian and national treasure Dave Thursby has died, and on the day of his funeral, friends and colleagues gather beside his coffin to pay their last respects. There's Harvey, who wrote Dave's material; Vi, Harvey's wife; Kevin, Dave's agent, and Kevin's wife Jane. Dave's glamorous widow Laura has arranged a funeral to remember, complete with a horse-drawn hearse and an attendant dog. An unfamiliar woman in flamboyant mourning clothes turns out to be Kay, Dave's ex-wife from before he was famous, and a series of revelations end with Kevin throwing a drink into the coffin and all the guests asking themselves if they ever knew the "real" Dave.
Eric Chappell
Chappell wrote the play The Banana Box, which was given a staged reading at the Hampstead Theatre Club in 1970. A production ran in Leicester in 1971, with Wilfrid Brambell in the role of the landlord, and was later produced in the West End in 1973, with Leonard Rossiter in the role. This play later became the basis for sitcom Rising Damp, which aired from 1974 to 1978 and won the 1978 BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy.
