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Thark

Thark

Things are looking up for sporting, man-about-town, Sir Hector Benbow. Read more …

Not only has he finally managed to offload his gloomy country pile, Thark, onto an unsuspecting buyer, but he’s also caught the eye of the beautiful Cherry Buck. And while his wife is away visiting friends, Hector plans a romantic liaison à deux.

Unfortunately, Lady Benbow returns home unexpectedly - and Hector has to act fast. Helped by Ronny, his plucky nephew, Cherry is passed off as Mrs. Frush, the new owner of Thark - only for the real Mrs. Frush to suddenly turn up, complaining that the house she bought in good faith turns out to be haunted . . .

Hector manages to talk his way out of the, er, marital misunderstanding. But it seems that the only way to convince Mrs. Frush not to renege on the house purchase is for the Benbows to decamp to Thark - and prove that it is untainted by the supernatural.

But Thark – a very strange house, inhabited by an even stranger butler and several things that go bump in the night – has other plans.


The critical consensus

The play may look a tad dated, but there’s no faulting director Ken Alexander’s production. There are strong, comic performances throughout, not least from Helen Logan as Lady B and Dougal Lee as the ghoulish factotum Jones.

Mark Brown, Scottish Stage, 21/06/2016

Featuring all the story-telling integrity of a fairground ride, Thark ultimately pales in comparison to superior haunted mansion comedies such as Coward’s Blithe Spirit or John Willard’s The Cat and the Canary.

**(*)(*)(*)Allan Radcliffe, 23/06/2016

Where and when?

Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry from Friday May 27, 2016, until Thursday October 13, 2016. In repertory. Check website for specific dates and times.. More info: www.pitlochry.org.uk

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