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The Merry Widower
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 2m
Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke, Simon Moss
Richard works in advertising and lives in a ground floor flat in South West London with his wife Harriet. He never really got on with his mother and after her death his dad decides to pay them both a rare visit.
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Cast Size
4w, 2m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Stage & Screen) -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Richard works in advertising and lives in a ground floor flat in South West London with his wife Harriet. He never really got on with his mother and after her death his dad decides to pay them both a rare visit. Not thrilled with the idea of him coming to stay, Richard is taken aback when his father arrives and discusses the contents of his mother's will and it's not what he wants to hear. Together with this and his father's bad habits and womanising, tension mounts in the couple's home, whilst his father decides to embrace his life as a merry widower.
From the television comedy series Tom, Dick & Harriet.
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Alcohol
- Mild Adult Themes
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Johnnie Mortimer
Originally a cartoonist, Johnnie Mortimer teamed up with fellow cartoonist Brian Cooke and started to write for radio, notably Men From the Ministry, Round the Horne and Stop Messing About. Soon thereafter they started writing for television, devising and writing series, incl ...
Brian Cooke