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next door neighbours who fight like cat and dog but by the end fall in love
next door neighbours don't get on but then fall in love

Mature Adults

Ron Hutson

Genre: Comedy

Cast size: 8

Duration: Two Act

Ron Hutson| Comedy | Full Length play | 4m, 4f

Short synopsis

Occupants of two adjoining flats get mixed up in a love/hate tangle full of misunderstandings. Four main actors Alan, Maria, Gill and Philip have ongoing relationships as couples in each flat but Alan and Gill as neighbours have a special love/hate relationship from the start. This is a cast for 4f and 4m but is basically a four-hander with additional small parts in one scene only.

This play doesn`t define maturity, but it does question it. Its a comedy of relationships for four people mainly but especially deals with the relationship between Alan and Gill, next door neighbours. A modern version of `Kiss me Kate` starting with animosity which leads to hostility, defiance, excitement and expectancy. The attraction of opposites with plenty of misunderstandings and consequential humour.

Act 2 introduces four new actors. They are not extras but act as a foil for the machinations of Alan and Gill.  We the audience are caught up with their journey of discovery about each other. Does maturity have any thing to do with it? And do we care?

4m, 4f

  • Alan - A solicitor (30s to 40s)(m)
  • Maria - shop assistant (mid to late 20s)(f)
  • Gill - secretary (30s to 40s)(f)
  • Philip - civil servant (mid to late 30s)(m)
  • Michael (mid20s to early 30s)(m)
  • June (mid20s to early 30s)(f)
  • Simon (mid to late 30s)(m)
  • Rosemary (mid to late 30s)(f)
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