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The Cat & The Canary

Acts: Two

Length: 45 minutes (no interval)

Age Range:
Performers:
Y8+
Audience: Any

Parts:  10
( 6 male / 4 female)

Minimum Cast: 9 with doubling
 

SYNOPSIS

Based closely on the film with Bob Hope (which was in turn a film of a stage play).
The story of Wally, the wisecracking hero, as he struggles with mysterious panels and creaking doors in an old swamp ringed mansion, has as many jokes as thrills.
The reading of the will, the loony old relatives. the beautiful heroine and the alligators all conspire to give this play a rapid and eventful storyline, complete with 'The Cat'- the escaped killer.