First viewed : 26 December 1987
This was a full-length dramatisation of another J B Priestley play, set in Yorkshire and poking fun at the Edwardian Nonconformist mentality. Three smug middle aged men, pillars of their community, and their wives are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary when the young organist they've been bullying reveals that, due to a paperwork error, they may not be legally married at all, shattering their complacency. There are many farcical complications before matters are finally resolved.
I had seen an Am Dram version of this eight years earlier and thought it dragged on a bit but Dearnley Drama Group didn't have Peter Vaughan, Timothy West and Bernard Cribbins in the three main roles and that made a hell of a difference. The play's a period piece now but , in the right hands, still very funny.
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