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Synopsis

Time for comedy! Harriet, divorced, elegant, solves her financial problems by entertaining two married men on different days of the week. Such a plot asks for trouble and gets it, merrily. The scheme faces collapse as one of the lovers is confined to Harriet’s bed with a sprained ankle, and the second lover turns up unexpectedly, followed by two irate and searching wives. So we can expect confusion, farcical situations and a splendidly comic climax.

Directors Notes

In this wickedly amusing play by two master craftsmen of comedy, Harriet, a divorcee living in an elegant flat in Brighton. solves her financial problems by entertaining two married gentlemen callers on different days of the week. The scheme faces collapse when her friend Anne, whose marriage is tottering, arrives at the flat hotly pursued by her husband. One of Harriet’s lovers is confined to Harriet’s bed with a sprained ankle, and the second lover turns up unexpectedly, closely followed by two irate wives in search of itinerant husbands! The indescribable confusion that ensues builds to a rich complexity of mistaken identity, splendidly farcical situations and a climax of comic wizardry.

Well, that’s what it says in the play copies. Having seen it, we hope you might agree.