David Masterson is a philandering art teacher who is caught between his relationships with three of his pupils.

Alice is hired to keep house at an old mill for the Hollands. Mrs. Holland has been bedridden for many years and her husband has been looking after her for several years.

19 year-old Tommy Adams is desperately in love with Rachel Sullens, the local postmistress. His wishes to get married are thwarted by his possessive and suspicious mother.

About Ruby and Nan, two sisters who share a house with Ruby's husband Potter-Jones and the bitter triangular relationships which ensues.

Play by Hugh Leonard, Mary McDowall stands trial for an attack on a rival in love. But what were the reasons behind her refusal to marry Frank, her lover?