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Pass the Butler by Eric Idle
6 Men, 3 Women
Author of: Spamalot; also books; The Road to Mars; Hello, Sailor; The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book.
As the action of the play moves forward inexorably from breakfast to sherry and what follows, it becomes rapidly clear that all within the country home of Sir Robert Charles, Minister of Defence, is not as it seems.
Not only is Sir Robert no longer an active force in politics, his inactivity has become a well-nigh insoluble problem. Furthermore, the relationship between his daughter Annabelle and the butler, Butler, is mysterious to say the least.
After what follows sherry it seems that life in the Charles household will never be the same again. By the time the denouement is reached hardly any of our worst suspicions have been left unconfirmed.
Pass the Butler is a very funny, savagely elegant play.
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