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An Eye For An Eye, Darling
    farce 5m 6f full length
   
Peter Cartwright

Peter decides to throw an anniversary party for wife Amanda.

Scatty housekeeper Mildred sees Peter with Caroline - a caterer. Amanda thinks Peter is cheating and hires a detective. Peter sees Amanda with the detective and, thinking she is cheating too, hires another detective.

Eventually four detectives are hired by different people. Everyone thinks someone is carrying on with someone else.

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Amanda Cartwright

his wife

Mildred

their housekeeper

Clara Forsythe

Amanda's friend

Brian Stevenson

a private detective

Dorothy Dodds

Amanda's mother

Albert Dodds

Amanda's mother

Colin Evans

a private detective

Caroline Bradley

a caterer

Charles Forsythe

Clara's husband

Pauline Smith

Peter's secretary