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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 5w, 17m
J.B. Priestley
"So all the time, while you were pretending to work, you've been having the most astonishing adventures in that corner?"
A forgotten masterpiece from one of Britain's greatest dramatists, J.B. Priestley.
As bankrupcy looms, the ever-optimistic Jim Cornelius, partner at import firm briggs and Murrison, is fighting to keep his creditors happy and his spirits up. Tensions rise with the arrival of Judy, the beautiful, young typist who shows Cornelius the life he could have led...
Written for Ralph Richardson in 1935, Priestley observes the politics and tensions of daily office life with searing wit and humanity in this hilarious and heartbreaking story of friendship, unrequited love and business.
First produced at the Duchess Theatre, London, WC2, on March 20th 1935
General office of Briggs and Murrison, Bridcage Street, Holborn