Three Plays: Absurd Person Singular; Absent Friends; Bedroom Farce

In , Diana and Paul host a tea party for Colin, recently returned to England after the tragic drowning of his fianc”e. But Colin proves impervious to their awkward attempts to console him as he unwittingly touches every raw nerve in the troubled lives of his old friends. The action of unfolds simultaneously—and uproariously—in the onstage bedrooms of three couples all in some way connected to an utterly self-absorbed fourth couple who heedlessly intrude on their friends’ privacy, leaving chaos in their wake.