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Ovation's Four Women And A Funeral

Jennifer Selway

Genre: Comedy

Cast size: 4

Duration: 1hr 30m approx

Jennifer Selway | Comedy | Full Length | 4f

Short synopsis

A modern farce set in a Pennsylvania Crematorium where four women gather for a funeral.

Licensed by Stagescripts in the UK and Overseas
For Licensing in USA contact Ovation

A blizzard. A body. And four women stuck at a funeral with no snacks. When legendary novelist Reuben Roffe dies in mysterious circumstances, his star-studded funeral in the snowy Poconos is supposed to be the social event of the season. But when the hearse gets stuck in a snow drift, Billy Bob Thornton and the rest of the A-listers bail and only four women make it to the crematorium…. The Widow, the Mistress, a mystery guest and The Celebrant. Things heat up faster than the furnace.  A deliciously dark and intriguing black comedy.  

4 women in their 60s

  • The Widow
  • The Mistress
  • The Celebrant
  • The Mystery Guest

★★★★ The spook, the priest, his wife and his lover. DON’T expect this show from Ovation productions to be anything like the Hugh Grant /Richard Curtis romantic comedy of yore. Comedy it has in abundance but mainly of the black variety, and romance is non-existent for these four women. Clearly, playwright Jennifer Selway is having enormous fun sending up the genre of substandard Agatha Christie-esque whodunnits where no-one is who they seem and shocking secrets have to be unearthed. Full of twists and turns, this very funny piece ends not in a twist but a massive U-turn. Do I detect the influence of Starmer here?
Michael Stewart, Morning Star

★★★★ I look forward to Jennifer Selway farces ever since I laughed out loud at ‘Flat Out’. It’s nice to see a play with parts only for older women, and all Selway’s characters are over 60. 'Four Women and a Funeral' is thoroughly enjoyable nonsense, with a host of entertaining one liners.
Francis Beckett, London Pub Theatres Magazine

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Ovation's Four Women And A Funeral

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