Loot Plot Summary

        Dennis arrives with the cars. They ask about the damaged caused to the Undertakers in the robbery. Mcleavy and Fay leave the room and Hal and Dennis are left. Suspicions are proven to be right as Dennis explains to Hal the trouble he’s had with the police. Hal reveals the plan of hiding the money in the coffin. Hal finds out Dennis has been having sex with Fay. Dennis tells Hal he would like to marry her, “it’s the one thing I haven’t tried.”  Fay and Mcleavy re-enter the room. Fay places the ten commandments on the coffin because she was a great believer in some of them. Hal and Dennis lift the coffin and exit.

Truscott then soon enters pretending to be attached to the metropolitan water board. Mcleavy is asked to go and find his water mains. Truscott acquires Fay’s handwriting, which he uses for evidence later on. Mcleavy enters and tells Truscott where the mains is, Truscott goes off to find it. Hal comes back and reports a flat tyre and therefore a delay of the funeral. Dennis enters and leaves with Mcleavy. Hal and Faye are left while they go to the funeral. She insists he opens the wardrobe where his mother’s corpse is. She ask him what is in there and he admits straight away. She ask where the money is and he admits straight away. Fay gets in on the deal she demands her 33.3% to help Hal get rid of the body. Fay undresses the body during the melee of this Truscott’s shadow can be seen at the door. He knocks on the door. Hal cleans away the clothes and Fay lets him in. Truscott looks in the wardrobe but the body is elsewhere now. Truscott sees the body but believes it to be a dummy for a sewing exhibition. Truscott expects Hal of the robbery and tries to beat an answer out of him. Fay reports an accident and Mcleavy enters. There was a crash and the money has been brought back to the house. Mcleavy and Truscott leave to fetch an image of the pope. Dennis is told of Fay’s involvement he asks her to marry him. Truscott questions Dennis’ involvement and the act ends with Dennis hurrying out with the corpse and Truscott finding a glass eye on the floor.

Truscott is examining the eye under a magnifying glass. Mcleavy and Fay enter. Truscott tries to explain something to Mcleavy when Hal and Dennis burst in with the corpse, Truscott still believes it is a dummy. Truscott explains he is a police officer. He explains he is not only looking for the robbers but the murderer of Mrs Leavy. Truscott finds a book called “The trial of Phyllis Mcmahon. Nurse accused of murdering her patient” He stares hard at Fay.  He takes a page from the book. The page shows the killers handwriting and he matches it with the example he got from Fay earlier. Truscott cant prove anything and believes the eye he found was from the dummy. Mcleavy sees the eye and knows it is his wife’s. Hal claims to of given it to Fay. Mcleavy opens the coffin to put the eye back, when he opens it he falls back as if to faint. The lid is replaced before Truscott sees inside. Finally the coffin breaks and money falls at Truscotts feet. Truscott is bribed with 25% of the money. Truscott then has Mcleavy arrested as he doesn’t want in on the deal and wants Truscott arrested. The play ends with Fay finally accepting Dennis’ offer of marriage.