by Hugo Charteris
[Starring] Derek Francis as G.C. Stoupe, Rosalie Crutchley as Pauline Tenterden,
Michael Goodliffe as The Rev. Adrian Tenterden, Richard O'Sullivan as Christopher Tenterden, Ian Ogilvy as Viscount Ballantyne, Rosalie Westwater as Martha Stoupe

Tonight's play tells of George Stoupe, a housemaster at Bath College, a famous old public school cast in the traditional mould.
Stoupe is a connoisseur of antiques... and boys.
The house he runs contains not only a remarkable collection of objets d'art, but also a selection of boys chosen for their athletic, intellectual, and parental qualities. Viscount Ballantyne, for example, is a fine sportsman, and young Harry Benson is not only a delightful soprano, but the son of a successful antique dealer with a large business... and Stoupe's retirement is imminent.
Only one boy doesn't really fit in - Christopher Tenterden, captain of the house and son of another housemaster at the school. In an excess of disgust, Christopher exposes the goings-on in the house to one of the more sensational newspapers...
The author, Hugo Charteris, sets his play in the same world as his many successful novels, the most recent of which, The Indian Summer of Gabriel Murray, was published this month.