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Everything in the Garden
Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 5f, 6m
Giles Cooper
This is a comedy of prosperous suburbia, with corruption as its theme and core.
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Cast Size
5f, 6m -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
This is a comedy of prosperous suburbia, with corruption as its theme and core. A charming, apparently happily married couple, the Actons, live comfortably in their newly-furnished home, but feeling always that life owes thein just a little more: a car, an expensive lawnmower, money for parties and so on. Temptation comes in the shape of Leonie Pimosz, a very high class brothel-keeper. It is not long before pretty, sweet Mrs Acton becomes involved with her and the Acton fortunes are startlingly improved. Soon it becomes clear that Mrs Acton's new career is by no means unusual; indeed, the wives of all their friends are acquainted with Madame Pimosz, and the husbands are quite content to keep up with the Joneses in this as in everything else. But the denoument is startling and horrific.
History
Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company, 13th March 1962
- Time Period 1960s
- Setting Th Acton's sitting room in an outer suburb of London.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.