See How They Run

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Writers: Philip King

Overview

Show Information

Category
Play
Number of Acts
3
First Produced
1944
Genres
Comedy, Farce
Time & Place
rural, england, 1943
Cast Size
medium
Licensor
Casting Notes
Mostly male cast
Includes adult, mature adult, young adult characters

Synopsis

See How They Run is set in the idyllic village of Merton-cum-Middlewick, England during the 1940s. It's World War II,and the village inhabitants are preparing themselves for the imminent threat of Nazi invasion. Meanwhile, resident spinster, Miss Skillon, becomes convinced that her beloved vicar's actress wife is having an affair and attempts to expose her. Add an escaped German prisoner of war, a handsome actor, the visiting Bishop of Lax, a rotund locum priest and some meddling neighbors and hilarious confusion and mayhem result.

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