A comedy of an old man's attempt to get his own way.
Edwin and Nancy Coote live in a dingy flat in Kensington, but still live in the reflected glory of the Indian Raj.
Sally meets some old friends of Murray's from his life in South Africa whom he has never mentioned. A pleasant reunion disguises the real purpose of a visit; revenge.
Charles Battle has been 'hammered' in the London Stock Exchange, to the point where he may be bankrupted.
Both George and Eric, lovers for a number of years, seek to recapture their lost youth with the new hotel houseboy, at the expense of each other.
Julia Stafford is asked to defend a posh youth, an outsider in a conservative Scottish town, who is accused of murdering a girl.
George Mangham is a former composer and bass player in a band struggling for money. Stuck in an engagement with Mrs Merino, a wealthy older woman, while on the run and owing money to gangsters who are after him for debts he owes them, life is not great for George. But it gets even more complicated when he literally bumps into Terry Weston, daughter of gangster Charlie Weston, who has run away from home with her marriage to the rich but nerdy Nigel only a few days away. Little do either realize just what trouble and turmoil lays ahead for both of them...
A dull vacation at a holiday camp becomes interesting when the holidaying teenagers bump into 'Sherry', a female impersonator.
James Beal is an advertising executive in his fifties who still lives his itfe at a pace that leaves his friends exhausted. But the moment of truth oomes to every man sooner or later—even to James.
An insignificant little middle-aged man strikes a heinous bargain with an underworld expert. The man has a problem: his wife. A professional killer would seem to be the answer.
Derek is happily married with two young children and a steady job. Everything is rosy for him. A visit to the town where he spent his bachelor days takes him into the psst and the realisation that he still belongs to the town in a strange way.
Set in 1914, lodger Sam and his married landlady, Ann (10 lears his senior), fall in love. He marries a tart who falsely claims to be pregnant. But, when he returns from the war that killed his landlady's husband, he finds his wife with another man. He returns to his first love, Ann. But the widow has remarried.
Harry Watson has kept his feelings for his children to himself.
When a new arrival, a titled lady no less, arrives to shatter the genteel status quo of the St. Elmo Hotel, the entrenched residents are soon sharpening up their knitting needles for battle.
Corruption can be the deadliest of vices, so can Willie pay the price and survive?
A remote stone house nestles peacefully on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. In the garden. Faith Armstrong describes the flowers and the late afternoon skies to Jack, her blind husband. "The sun is almost setting. The sky is blue, with ... those little puffy clouds like meringues. There are still leaves on the trees. Oh . quite a few birds are gathering . " All is peaceful. As they talk, a small figure appears walking towards the cottage on the moorland road. Slowly it becomes recognisable as the Armstrong's son David. David's arrival is unexpected. He left home three years ago, and Faith and Jack have heard nothing from him until now. Things at home have changed a lot in those three years. His father has gone blind, and his brother Malcolm is now engaged 'to Heather. David's former girlfriend. The family are curious. Why has David suddenly decided to return home? How long is he staying? Is he in trouble?
The only period comedy written by Noel Coward. France, 1736. Two distinguished families are celebrating the engagement of their children. The young couple are putting on a brave face, but neither is happy. Adrienne, daughter of the Compte, is secretly in love with her father's penniless secretary, while Miguel, the Duke's son, has lost his heart to a dancer in Paris. An unexpected visitor arrives on the scene.
A small boy runs away from home for no apparent reason. The police find his body in London having died of exposure. Why did he leave home?
Play by Michael Ferguson and Howard Lawrence about an executive on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Peter feels he has to choose between his friend, Mr Falconer, and his new girlfriend, Sue.