AROUND an old oaken table a sombre group gather for the reading of the will; the hushed silence is broken only by the tired defiance of a creaking chair and the shuffling of papers on a uncluttered surface, writes DAVID HODGKINSON.
Finally, a sullen-faced solicitor begins to read the final will and testament...
The Dead-Enders, fresh from a cricket thriller in Swinton, are back on the trail of a murderer.
Leigh's popular murder/mystery company will perform "From a Will to a Wail" at St Richard's RC Jubilee Hall, Atherton, on March 21.
The evening - which is being run as a Jacob's Join (bring food!) - is organised by the Lancashire Ladies section of the National Farmers Union.
Ticket are £3. Details on 01942-677858.
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