Adapted from The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton. It's 1943. The Rosamund Tea Rooms houses several women and elderly men, all of them single and lonely, who nurse resentments and wage minor wars with each other. Enid Roach makes two unfortunate friendships which heighten the tension to breaking point: one with Pike, an American lieutenant, the other with Vicki Kugelmann, a German who steals Pike from Enid and then sets about humiliating her former friend.4 women, 3 men, 1 woman or man

When Tetford cricket team are faced with the unexpected challenge of an all women's team their reactions are hardly encouraging. However, despite intrigue and trickery from the Tetford team, the women win the day, calling for some rethinking on the men's behalf on the sanctity of cricket, although not before several major revelations rock the foundations of the cricket club.-6 women, 6 men

Bill and Bob are forklift drivers whose joky badinage disguises turbulence in their home lives. Bill and his wife Jane are mourning the cot death of their baby daughter, Jane turning more and more to alcohol to find release. Bob's wife Mo is becoming restless as, their children having left home, she now wants a life of her own - a change of attitude Bob refuses to understand. Grief, sexism, personal fulfilment and marital discord are themes of this powerful drama which is often funny and which reflects its subject in its salty, outspoken dialogue. Running time: approximately one hour.

Adapted from The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton. It's 1943. The Rosamund Tea Rooms houses several women and elderly men, all of them single and lonely, who nurse resentments and wage minor wars with each other. Enid Roach makes two unfortunate friendships which heighten the tension to breaking point: one with Pike, an American lieutenant, the other with Vicki Kugelmann, a German who steals Pike from Enid and then sets about humiliating her former friend.4 women, 3 men, 1 woman or man

When Tetford cricket team are faced with the unexpected challenge of an all women's team their reactions are hardly encouraging. However, despite intrigue and trickery from the Tetford team, the women win the day, calling for some rethinking on the men's behalf on the sanctity of cricket, although not before several major revelations rock the foundations of the cricket club.-6 women, 6 men

Bill and Bob are forklift drivers whose joky badinage disguises turbulence in their home lives. Bill and his wife Jane are mourning the cot death of their baby daughter, Jane turning more and more to alcohol to find release. Bob's wife Mo is becoming restless as, their children having left home, she now wants a life of her own - a change of attitude Bob refuses to understand. Grief, sexism, personal fulfilment and marital discord are themes of this powerful drama which is often funny and which reflects its subject in its salty, outspoken dialogue. Running time: approximately one hour.