by Charles Dickens
Adapted and produced by Charles Lefeaux
Returning home, Arthur Gride finds that has housekeeper Peg Siiderskew has stolen a box of important papers, including the will by which he alone had learnt of Madeline's fortune. Stopping at nothing to ensure that Nicholas should not marry an heiress, Ralph uses Squeers in an attempt to regain the papers.
But unknown to him, through information received from Newman Noggs, the Cheeryble Brothers have Squeers followed and arrested with Peg. The Brothers tell Ralph of these arrests and that Snawley has confessed to the plot against Smike; they advise him to fly and escape the consequence of his crimes, but their kindness only angers him further.
(Andrew Cruickshank is now appearing in 'Dial "M" for Murder' at the Westminster Theatre; Barbara Leake in 'The Deep Blue Sea' at the Duchess Theatre; Harold Scott in 'Waters of the Moon' at the Haymarket Theatre, London)