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Farcicals

Short Play, Comedy

Alan Ayckbourn

Comprising Chloë With Love and The Kidderminster Affair.

Farcicals

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    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary
Chloë With Love - Teddy’s marriage to Lottie is going through a difficult period. Does he still love Lottie? Does Lottie still love him? Cue next door neighbours Penny and Reggie to the rescue. Penny weighing in to help Lottie and Reggie resolving to help his best friend to resist temptation. But with the arrival of the voluptuous Chloë all their best laid schemes are put to the test.

The Kidderminster Affair - Sexual intrigue at Teddy’s garden barbecue. Is his secret liaison with his neighbour, Penny, about to leak out? Will his wife Lottie discover the awful truth about Kidderminster? Will Penny’s husband and best friend Reggie ever get hold of the right end of the stick? Will he burn the barbecue? Or indeed resolve the mystery of the slow puncture?
Keywords

Penny Bottlecamp

Lottie Bulbin

Teddy Bulbin Lottie's husband

Reggie Bottlecamp Penny's husband

Chloë With Love - 2M 2F

The Kidderminster Affair - 2M 2F

  • Time Period Contemporary
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Alan Ayckbourn

Alan Ayckbourn

A playwright and theatre director, to date Alan Ayckbourn has written 89 plays – Family Album attracted four-star reviews when it premiered in September 2022 at the Stephen Joseph, where nearly all his plays are first staged.

However, this year he will stage his 88th play Welc ...

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