Aunt Janet

By Agnes Adam

Price:

£2.00

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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.