There Goes the Bride
by John Chapman, Ray Cooney

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Highlights

120 mins 1970s Interior Set Period Costumes Comedy

Synopsis

Timothy Westerby is overworked, underpaid and stressed out – and his daughter Judy is getting married in what he considers an overly lavish and expensive ceremony.

Ripe for a nervous breakdown, he finally has one on the morning of the wedding, when he hits his head and meets Polly, a gorgeous young woman who finds him irresistible.

Trouble is, Polly is just a hallucination!

Convinced that Polly is real, Timothy delights in welcoming the alluring guest to Judy's wedding.

Meanwhile, he and his wife, Ursula – who is less than thrilled over Timothy's obsession with Polly – contend with a host of complications and a barrage of colorful guests.

Press Reviews

"I found myself surrendering to the ceaseless bombardment of familiar nonsense laughing outright."

— London Daily Mail

"A fiendishly clever farce that gets madder and funnier as it goes along... Has pace, precision and wit."

— London Daily Mirror

Characters

Character
Judy Westerby

20s

Dr. Gerald Drimmond

Late 60s

Timothy Westerby

40s

Bill Shorter

Late 40s

Daphne Drimmond

Late 60s

Polly Perkins

22

Charles Babcock

50s

Ursula Westerby

40s

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573617232
ISBN-10 0573617236

There Goes the Bride is a comedy play written by John Chapman and published by Samuel French .

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