A fictional public school which is preparing to perform an end-of-term play. The end-of-term play deals farcically with the aftermath of the First World War.
Author: Wimborne Drama
Woman in Mind
Ayckbourn creates a set of believable people whose weaknesses and foibles are food for mirth. We laugh at ourselves through his characters and the experience is at once pain.
Run For Your Wife
A London cab driver, John Smith, literally has two lives, complete with two different wives, Mary and Barbara. Somehow, he manages to juggle them both without arousing suspicion.
And So To Bed
A charming and scintilating comedy concerning Samuel Pepys, who calls on Mistress Knight but is forced to hide in a closet because of a visit to the fascinating lady by Charles II.
One For The Road
This observant comedy finds Dennis on the eve of his thirty-fifth birthday, making a last-ditch attempt to break away from the confines of his middle-class, housing-estate existence.
Room Five Hundred and Four
Edie reminisces about herself and Harry on their wedding-day in February 1942. That night the couple discover life’s big truths. Next day, Harry will leave for the front, never to return.
Cup Final
The Polden Players have just left the stage after performing in a local drama festival. The production was a disaster sparks fly while they vent their feelings about the performance.
Bedroom Farce
Three bedrooms during one night and the subsequent morning. The eldest couple, Delia and Ernest, are getting ready to go out for a meal to celebrate their wedding anniversary…
Elegy For A Lady
A Man enters a small boutique, hoping to find a suitable gift for his young mistress, who is facing a grave operation. He quickly finds himself confiding in the Proprietress
The Secret Tent
A young wife who has been missing and presumed murdered returns home only to find that her husband’s feelings for her have completely changed.