Farcicals: Synopsis

Cast: 2m / 2f
Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes approx (not including interval).
Availability: Farcicals is available for both professional and amateur production.
Acting Edition: Published by Samuel French.

Farcicals consists of two plays, The Kidderminster Affair and Chloë With Love, they can be either performed together or as individual plays.

Chloë With Love: Synopsis

Cast: 2m / 2f
Running time: 50 minutes approx.

Characters

○ Penny Bottlecamp
○ Lottie Bulbin
○ Teddy Bulbin (Lottie's husband)
○ Reggie Bottlecamp (Penny's husband)

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: Synopsis

Cast: 2m / 2f
Running time: 50 minutes approx.

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?