A Comedy in Three Acts by DOUGLAS MURRAY
The Characters :
Scene : The Parlour of Mrs. Calthorpe's seaside cottage at Teignmouth, Devon.
This amusing comedy had a long run when first produced at the Royalty Theatre and has since been successfully revived. A charming widow, Mrs. Calthorpe, wilful, irresponsible, and impecunious, is left a large sum of money on condition that she marries Fergus Wimbush , hailing from Toronto, whom she has never seen. She resolves to learn all about him first and, disguised as her own parlour-maid, ' Perkins,' receives him in her Devonshire cottage. Complications follow thick and fast, but Mrs. Calthorpe is equal to them all. It is a constant favourite with amateurs, and tonight's performance should be of particular interest to those societies that are plapning to produce it this winter.