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Leominster Drama Group return with a double bill - The Patient and Low Comedy Woman. Janet Williams produced both plays.
Leominster Drama Group return with a double bill - The Patient and Low Comedy Woman. [[Janet Williams]] produced both plays.


Low Comedy Woman was written by Jack Boswell. After two failed attempts with professional killers, Harry decides to try a DIY exterminator’s kit and finish off Granny himself. This is the start of a series of zany happenings, which just have to be staged! Winner of the 1990 and 1997 Wales Final Festival of Plays. <ref>https://cressrelles.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/One-ActMixedCastPlays2019.pdf</ref>
'''The Patient''' is a play written by Agatha Christie as part of The Rule of Three which also features The Rats and Afternoon at the Seaside. The Patient, known as Mrs. Wingfield, has been horribly injured in a fall from her balcony. Unable to communicate, it could have been an accident, attempted suicide or worse still a cold-blooded killer bent on murder. As relatives gather round her hospital bed the tension builds as an ingenious device helps Mrs. Wingfield convey a message that could solve the mystery. <ref>https://www.agathachristie.com/en/stories/the-patient-play</ref>


==Programme Listing==
==Programme Listing==
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'''THE PATIENT'''
'''THE PATIENT'''


by
''by Agatha Christie''
 
Agatha Christie


and
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'''LOW COMEDY WOMAN'''
'''LOW COMEDY WOMAN'''


by
''by Jack Boswell''
 
Jack Boswell


Both plays are produced by Janet Williams
Both plays are produced by Janet Williams


COMMUNITY CENTRE, SCHOOL ROAD. 8.00 p.m.
COMMUNITY CENTRE, SCHOOL ROAD. 8.00 p.m.
==Memories==
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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Sponsors: Staffordshire Building Society


==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:23, 8 May 2026

The Patient (1988)
Performer Leominster Drama Group
Venue Community Centre
Date(s) Wednesday 8th June 1988
Thursday 9th June 1988
Time 7.30pm

Leominster Drama Group return with a double bill - The Patient and Low Comedy Woman. Janet Williams produced both plays.

The Patient is a play written by Agatha Christie as part of The Rule of Three which also features The Rats and Afternoon at the Seaside. The Patient, known as Mrs. Wingfield, has been horribly injured in a fall from her balcony. Unable to communicate, it could have been an accident, attempted suicide or worse still a cold-blooded killer bent on murder. As relatives gather round her hospital bed the tension builds as an ingenious device helps Mrs. Wingfield convey a message that could solve the mystery. [1]

Programme Listing

Leominster Drama Group present a Double Bill

THE PATIENT

by Agatha Christie

and

LOW COMEDY WOMAN

by Jack Boswell

Both plays are produced by Janet Williams

COMMUNITY CENTRE, SCHOOL ROAD. 8.00 p.m.

Notes

Sponsors: Staffordshire Building Society

References