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Imagine
it - you and your wife-to-be are struggling to open your bed and
breakfast. The B&B inspector is due any moment. So it is for Phil
and Jane. Except the imminent inspector is Phil’s ex-wife Felicity,
and there never was any love lost between the two women. And there’s a
rumour that Felicity’s latest beau used to be a Chippendale - not good
when your first guests - two matronly women - are also due to arrive.
And the place is almost - but not quite - finished, the rising wind
threatening to blow the roof off the barn.
Author's Notes Another idea started by a title. How to cash in on the popularity of the TV "talent" show..? The idea of a glamorous and hoity-toity ex wife descending on a farm which constantly has a whiff of manure in the air was too good to resist. And while I was writing this I went to see Philip King's "See How They Run" at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre - the temptation to add a similarly mad chase scene was too much to resist, too. Occasionally I write in a role who, despite not being "the lead" in terms of the number of lines, is the kind of character audiences warm to and who can "steal the show". Farm hand Ron is just such a character in this case - a simple, lusty man of the soil with a charmingly tender side. When I directed the show at The Bridgewater Players in Warrington, my good friend Andrew Rushman's portrayal of Ron positively stole the show.
Past Productions I have recently started adding production photos, posters, etc. If your group has done this play and have any I can use, please contact me. Some
past productions
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