by George Jeans

Mere Drama Society played to full houses when it presented A Tomb With a View by Norman Robbins at Mere Lecture Hall.

The play is described as a comedy thriller rather than a murder mystery, perhaps because it has rather more corpses than are usually found in the latter!

Four younger members took leading roles.

Penny Allen as Dora Tomb used her special wine to keep a supply of corpses to nourish her rose bed.

Tom Cassidy at only 15 gave a superb performance as Lucien Tomb.

Lucien hoped to become head of his household and ended up being an ‘experiment’ in how to make a corpse in his own laboratory.

Allan Guide as Marcus Tomb recited Shakespeare word perfect.

Marcus was ‘mad’ with the rest of the family and thought he was Julius Ceaser reincarnated.

The society welcomes new members for stage roles and behind the scenes, visit www.mereamdram.co.uk or phone Mary White on 01747 861257.