Synopsis

Born in the Gardens

$12.99

Peter Nichols

Published by Samuel French Ltd

2 Male 2 Female

In a mock Tudor manor gone to seed lives 70 year old Maud and her younger son, forty five year old Mo. She speaks more to the soundless television than to him and he plays New Orleans jazz on his drums

An attempt to destroy this happy way of life is made on the occasion of the father's funeral by Hedley, the older son, and by Queenie, Mo's twin sister from California. But the cloistered pair prefer to remain in what is, in effect, a shed in the garden of Heartbreak House

"The play is at once cynical and caring, funny and poignant. It marks the return of Nichols to the top of his form" ~ What's On In London

"As challenging as it is entertaining and as genuinely contemporary as this morning's milk delivery" ~ London Financial Times

"A hilarious lament for a family of failures" ~ London Sunday Times

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