Title The Cat's Away
Type farce
Length full length
Cast 5m 6f 
Set single set
Scripts £6 per copy
Performing rights £40 per performance

Alan's wife Marion has gone away for a few days, so he is planning a quiet night in and a game of cards with workmates Barry and Carl. Barry has other ideas, however - he has plenty of booze and has invited some girls round. How is Alan to keep Marion from finding out, especially with his nosy mother-in-law Muriel living directly opposite? After a few too many drinks Alan falls and loses his memory, and suddenly he doesn't care anymore. Even when Marion arrives back and finds him in an innocent embrace with one of the girls he doesn't care - after all, he can't remember who she is!

Cast

Character

Lines (approx.)

Allan the husband

491

Barry a friend

157

Carl a friend

41

Muriel Allan's mother-in-law

174

Cheryl a workmate

187

Diana a workmate

49

Barbara a workmate

32

Doctor Stewart a GP

18

Marion Alan's wife

257

Author's Notes

As so often happens, this entire play evolved from one simple joke. Doctor: "How long have you had this amnesia?" Patient: "I can't remember." It's a lot of fun, particularly the party at the start, where everyone gets steadily more inebriated. I remember playing the part of Alan a few years back. Opposite me, as Cheryl, was Alison. We had no idea back then we would end up as man and wife!

Past Productions

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Some past productions