The plot of this one-act play, written between 1961 and 1962, follows Moon and Birdboot, who are watching a ludicrous set-up of a country-house murder mystery in the style of a whodunit. By chance they become involved in the action and cause a series of parallels to the play they are watching. If you were […]
1986 – “Black Comedy” by Peter Shaffer
Brindsley Miller, a sculptor, and his fiancée Carol Melkett have borrowed expensive antique furniture from his neighbour Harold without his permission to impress an elderly collector who wants to buy some of Brindsley’s work and Carol’s father. However, when a blackout brings Harold home sooner than expected and when Brindsley’s ex Clea shows up things […]
1985 – “Living Together” by Alan Ayckbourn
‘Living Together’ is the second of Ayckbourn’s ‘The Norman Conquest’ trilogy that deals with a traumatic family weekend in a Victorian country house, the action here taking place in the living room. Norman is a librarian who is married to Ruth, but actually fancies his sisters-in-law Annie and Sarah. Annie is also being courted by […]