Rushen Players

Maiden Ladies (page under construction)

by Guy Paxton & Edward V Hoile
Rushen Amateur Dramatic Society
1955
Rushen Primary School

Written in 1954 Paxton & Hoile's Maiden Ladies is a comedy set in early 50’s. Two unconventional unmarried couples are holidaying together in a small English village where two male burglars, dressed as old women, have been robbing houses and have not yet been caught by police.

The one couple stays in the house the burglars had rented and they find in the house the old women’s clothing the burglars had used.

The old women’s clothing comes in handy when the couples have a surprise visitor - the mother of one of the single ladies. To avoid scandal the men put on the old women’s clothing and pretend to be chaperoning the maiden ladies. The police in the meantime are looking for two old women burglars.

Directed by
Cast
Inspector Crutch	Don I Williamson
	June Edge
Slick	Ivor Quaggin
	W D Kaneen
	Eileen Buchan
	Kathleen M Squire
Martingdale	Gerald Mangham
	Hector Matthews
	Victor McMahon