From Five to Five-Thirty
by Philip Johnson

A play with a plot full of warm, sardonic wit and sentiment, and with a twist so sensational, it leaves the audience crushed and stunned.

The story is that of the charming little old lady who takes a brief fling by buying a new dress and sipping a glass of sherry.

Her indignant daughters thereupon rush into the heartless decision of sending her away to a home for the addled.

But the old lady reverses the plot when she discloses the source of her money and recounts a shocking event from long ago.