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Above, a scene during the play when Beecham the butler (Stan Vincent), learns that he has been accepted as Tory nominee for the local electorate, against Lord Pym (Alan Carruthers) with newspaper), the Labour member for the seat. Also in this scene are Harold Taylor-Smith (left) as the Earl of Lister, and Gertie Widdowson as the countess.

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At right, Stan Vincent shows how looks a butler who has just been transformed into a budding Tory politician.

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During stage rehearsal, when these shots were taken by "Photo News" camera, all is hustle and bustle backstage. At left the producer, Mrs June Daniels, leaves behind a trail of instructions as she hurries from dressing rooms to stage.

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Harold Taylor-Smith, who is only half the age he looks here, swots his lines between scenes. He was most successful in rich part as the elderly English lord more concerned with menace of rabbits and foxes on his estate than with the violent social changes going on about him.

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Mrs Watterstone has chilly job as prompt, the indispensable backstage member of the cast who must keep the players on the rails. Job has more responsibility then appears at first sight. A poor prompt can ruin a good play.

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Joy Leeming and Alan Carruthers relax in the stalls as their fellow-players carry on. Mrs Daniels, right background, watches with a critical eye.

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Complicated love affairs which ran a vein of romance through play straightened themselves out in the closing stages. Lord Pym, at left, is reunited with his American fiancee, while Butler Beecham (centre) got the maid. All Lister (right) gets is a dead fox.

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three of the female characters in the play. Joan Mirrielees as Lady Caroline Smith, Jean Andrew as the maid, and Joy Leeming as the American girl.