Comedy / Characters: 3 males, 5 females
Set Requirements: Interior
The marriage of Rupert and Sarah is on the rocks and their
friends Charles and Madge, both of whom are lawyers, agree to
handle the divorce. After the curtain has been up a few minutes,
Rupert forgets his lines, has a brain storm and threatens to kill
Charles in full view of the audience because he's been having an
affair off stage, with Rupert's real wife, Madge. Quite true as it
happens. The rest of the cast try to ignore the incident and forge
ahead with the original play but Rupert picks up a knife and
advances on Charles, who is forced to take cover in a large cabin
trunk which is on the set at the time. A real life marital comedy
now evolves. The situation is further complicated when the actor
playing the old father, Edward, makes his entrance. He is an ageing
Shakespearean star, once famous for his King Lear but now an
alcoholic on the skids. He happens to have asked his new agent to
the performance that night. Edward is blissfully unaware that the
play has switched from art to life. Out of loyalty to a fellow
actor, the rest of the cast do their best to accommodate the poor
chap, but he gradually begins to crack up, especially as some of
his cues are coming from a cabin trunk. The play is a light hearted
tilt at the complete theatricality of stage folk.
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