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Sailor Beware!

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  5w, 4m

Philip King and Falkland Cary

A.B. Albert Tufnell is anxious that his fiancée, Shirley, should not take after her mother, Emma. Albert's only defence is not to turn up at church.

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    5w, 4m

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Beware of mother-in-laws, especially of one like Emma Hornett. A.B. Albert Tufnel is anxious that his fiancée, Shirley, should not take after her mother, Emma. Albert is also disturbed to find that Shirley has weakly acquiesced to living only three doors away from her mother. Albert's only defence is not to turn up at church. Later he makes peace with Shirley and the wedding is on again.

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Philip King

Philip King was born in Beverley, East Yorkshire, on 30 October 1904, and died on 9 February 1979. He became an English playwright and actor celebrated for his high-spirited comic farces. King is best known as the author of the classic wartime play See How They Run (first pro ...
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