Aunt Janet
By Agnes Adam
- Price:
- £2.00
Item attributes
- ISBN:
- 978-0-85174-849-8
- Acts:
- 3
- Females:
- 5
- Males:
- 5
Item details
Scottish Play: No. 7
This tells the story of a cantankerous old Aunt who is a regular "cuckoo in the nest'' in the Barbour family.
She rules the whole household with a rod of iron, in spite of various attempts at rebellion by the family. Then, to their great delight, she decides to visit another relative in South Africa. Complications arise when a cablegram purports to repair her demise and her desire to be buried in her native village.
The Barbours enter wholeheartedly and with enjoyment, into preparations for receiving the " body'' and for its burial. The denouement in the final scene is Aunt Janet's return " from the dead'', with a husband-to-be ready to re-impose herself on the family.
The characters and dialogue are essentially Scottish, and with an abundance of native humour, the play is a hilarious comedy from start to finish.
