Synopsis
The Revenger's Comedies
Published by Samuel French Ltd
1 Female
Henry learns that Karen has been jilted by a lover who has gone back to his wife. She suggests revenge as a way to heal their emotional wounds: she will fix Henry's dreadful former boss and Henry must ruin her ex lover's wife
Karen executes her part of the bargain with brilliance, but Henry falls in love with the wife. As he is drawn deeper and deeper into Karen's world he realizes that she is quite mad. Somehow he must escape from her and win the long suffering Imogen from her cad of a husband
"Gloriously funny" ~ Sunday Express
"Great gags and splendid deaths proliferate" ~ Time Out
"Shows Ayckbourn's rare gift for combining moral fevour with the ability to wring from us tears of helpless laughter" ~ Guardian
The Revengers' Comedies is usually performed on two successive evenings since each part is over two hours long