'Hold on to your neck ties, boys. Charley's aunt is here!'

Scheming students Charley and Jack must somehow navigate the curmudgeonly Spettigue in order to declare their feelings to love interests Amy and Kitty. The promised arrival of Charley's immensely rich aunt gives them their opportunity - but the course of true love never did run straight or smooth...

Mistaken identities, false identities, the discovery of true identities: will love - old and new - triumph through it all?

Brandon Thomas's celebrated farce Charley's Aunt, fantastically successful when first performed in 1892, is brought bang up to date in Rob Madge's riotous and glamorous adaptation. It opened at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury, in 2025, directed by Sophie Drake.

About the Author

Rob Madge is an actor and playwright whose debut play, My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?) was a huge hit, transferring from the Turbine Theatre to the West End, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, on tour of the UK and to New York. It won Best Off-West End Production at the 2022 WhatsOnStage Awards, the Theatre Award at the 2023 Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards and Best Creative West End Debut at The Stage Debut Awards.

Book Information
ISBN 9781839045172
Author Rob Madge
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 7mm