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Issue Details: First known date: 1938... 1938 The Mystery of the Oak Chest
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Described in contemporary reviews as 'A drama of crime and horror, which turns out to be largely spoof'. The plot turns on the relationship between the owners of a manor house and their servants.

Source:

Tildesley, Beatrice. 'Little Theatres', Sun, 15 May 1938, p.10.

Production Details

  • Produced as one in a series of five one-act plays at the Independent Theatre club rooms on Saturday 7 May 1938 (alongside one play by Sumner Locke Elliott and three by Lynn Foster).

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