Description
"I've made four thousand six hundred medium-sized quiches and personally baked two tons of light crust pastry. And for what?'"
As a clergy wife, Grace has spent a lifetime on best behaviour. Now, following the death of her husband Bardolph, she is enjoying the new-found freedom to do and say exactly as she pleases. But the return of her eccentric missionary sister Ruth, together with some disturbing revelations force Grace to confront the truth of her marriage.
With sharp-edged comedy and probing wit, this new play asks whether God can be trusted to do anything right at all. 'Or is the whole thing a divine exercise in trial and error?'
A warm and serious family comedy from acclaimed playwright Richard Everett.
About the Author
Richard Everett's stage plays include Happy Event, Close to the Wind, Hand Over Fist, Present from the Past, Four Play and Demons. He wrote the screenplay for the British film Two Men Went to War and has also written extensively for animation, including the BAFTA nominated Joseph, part of BBC 2's Testament Series. Plays written for BBC Radio 4 include Something to Say and Grace and Favour.
Reviews
'Richard Everett has written a warm, glowing, serious comedy, like an Ayckbourn play finished by JM Barrie.' - The Sunday Times
* The Sunday Times *'Everett handles the comedy well - Grace's bon mots are very funny ... Keith gets all the best lines - and milks them with miraculous comic timing' - The Guardian
* The Guardian *Book Information
ISBN 9781840029673
Author Richard Everett
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Oberon Modern Plays
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 130mm * 5mm
