| By Giles Cooper Directed by Mary de Koster Season: 9 - 19 September 1981 The scene is the suburban home of Jenny and Richard. The only thing that seems to stand in the way of their happiness is a lack of money. The action starts in an entertaining comedy of manners style. Then abruptly there enters a Mrs. Toothe in the menacing and fascinating person of Beatrice Straight who offers Jenny the opportunity to make more money than they have ever had, to buy a greenhouse and all the other luxuries that they require for their garden and their lives. Richard's realisation that their newfound money is being earned by his wife's whoring comes almost simultaneously with the return of their fourteen-year-old son from school and a champagne cocktail party which they are giving to impress their country club friends. As a result, his horror, disgust and rage has to be kept under wraps in order to keep up essential appearances until tragedy strikes, and Richard realises that the assembled wives are all involved and their husbands are aware and condoning. More than that, they are prepared not merely to justify but defend the ends through which their means are attained—and the devastated Richard, left in agonised despair by the ironic events that charge the final moments of the play, must face the fact of his own share in their communal guilt. Cast: Jenny - Marjory Leask Bernard - George Edwards Leonie - Pat Havighurst Jack - John Jefferies Roger - Andrew Iggo Bill - David Thomas Beryl - Susan Ferguson Stephen - David Cathro Laura - Mary Janus Tom - David Bridges Lousie - Moreen Eason |   |
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