In the drawing room of a house in the country three women
are arguing over a man. The man is Colin, and the argument is heated, for one
of the women is his mother, another his wife Clare, and the third his mistress
Helen. All four allow their tempers to get out of control, and painful truths
are told. Colin, a weak man, is on the point of leaving when there is an
unexpected interruption. Outside their open windows a film director, the
formidable Kramer, has been listening to their arguments and taking notes and
insists that they have been indulging in bad theatre and that they must go
through their parts again, but with his direction...