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Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 5m
Fred Carmichael
In this hilarious, high-energy romp, a mystery writer, some jewel thieves and four couples all turn up at the same New England house, where bodies keep turning up in the closet.
A mystery writer rents a New England house that is the rendezvous point for some jewel thieves. The focal point of the set is the closet, which opens into a living room and a library. A body found in the closet promptly disappears, only to be succeeded by another. The hunt for the jewels reaches a climax at 2 A.M., when four couples unknown to each other turn up to search. Not since the days of Mack Sennett has there been such a hilarious series of entrances and exits.
Exit the Body premiered at the Dorset Playhouse in Dorset, Vermont on 31 August 1961. Directed by Fred Carmichael, the production featured Polly Welch as mystery writer Crane Hammond.
LILLIAN SEYMOUR JENNY RANDOLPH HELEN O’TOOLE KATE BIXLEY CRANE HAMMOND VERNON COOKLEY LYLE ROGERS PHILIP SMITH RICHARD HAMMOND
The living room of a New England home. The present. August.
“Hilarious, delicious, uproarious, hysterical.” – Bennington Banner
“Never have tears of laughter flowed so freely.” – Rutland Herald
“Hilarious, delicious, uproarious, hysterical… [the] audience, howled, guffawed and applauded.” – Bennington Banner
Fred Carmichael (1924-2009) was born in Pelham, N.Y., on Feb. 1, 1924, son of Cyril and Edith Nichols Carmichael. He married the former Patricia Wyn Rose in 1952, and together they spent a lifetime devoted to the theatre.
Fred began his career in the theatre as an actor in his ...