Posted by: Hanna_Alldrin on 11/11/2008 09:43 AM
Updated by: Hanna_Alldrin on 11/11/2008 10:01 AM
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Black Bart Players Presents "Ladies in Retirement"
Murphys, CA.....Black Bart Players presents 'Ladies in Retirement' a play written by Reginald Denham. The wonderful performace is directed by Thom Heath a actor and now director at Black Bart. The performance will continue through the month of November on Fridays and Saturdays, the 7th through the 29th, curtain at 8:00pm. On Sunday November sixteenth there will be a matinee at 2pm in the afternoon.......
   
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The story is about a women named 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.
Last Friday was the opening night, actors and audience were all enjoying a evening at Black Bart Playhouse in Murphys. Be sure to mark your calendars for one performance, this is not a play you will want to miss.
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