

When the Cat's Away
Brian Cooke
Mortimer and Cooke, top writers of British television sitcoms, have turned their delightful sense of humor loose on the stage.
This uproarious, slightly naughty comedy is about two authors of sitcoms who are stuck for a new idea.
By a neatly contrived accident, each man finds himself getting drunk with the other man's wife.
Macho man Charles Summerskill winds up with a beautiful but hopelessly inept partner, who is so artless in the kitchen that she burns salad; whereas wimpy Arthur Grey finds himself with a prim and proper expert chef.
Charles ends up with indigestion while Arthur eats well but is left frustrated.
Eventually, work forces Charles and Arthur together again, and they decide to create a new show based on the recent upheaval in their private lives.
"You can tell the comedy's going down well when the actors themselves are laughing at it and as a result the audience is laughing even more."
— Spalding Guardian
| Character |
|---|
| Doris Summerskill |
| Arthur Grey |
| Beryl Grey |
| Maurice |
| Miss Trotter |
| Charles Summerskill |
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