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Daylight Saving by Nick Enright
3 men, 3 women
Author of: Boy From Oz, Blackrock,Carnival Of The Animals,Electra, Good Works,First Class Women,Venetian Twins, Summer Rain.
Daylight Saving, an Australian comedy, was published in 1990. It was first staged in 1989 by the Ensemble Theatre, Sydney. It has also been performed at MTC with Jacki Weaver, John O'May and Vince Colosimo in the cast. Daylight Saving won the Gold Awgie as well as Best Stage Play at the 1990 Awgie Awards.
Felicity and Tom have demanding careers and thus busy lives. Felicity owns and manages a successful restaurant while Tom manages Jason Strutt, a petulant international tennis star. Tom is on his way to meet Jason in LA, and will miss his wedding anniversary.
In the meantime, Felicity receives a surprise call from Joshua, an American boyfriend from her past, and invites him to dinner. Joshua hopes to rekindle past memories in more ways than one, but his plans go astray when Stephanie, Felicity's highly stressed neighbour, rushes in and decides to stay for dinner. Bunty, Felicity's nosy mother, adds to the confusion. When Felicity and Joshua are finally alone again, Tom returns home early from his business trip with news of his own. |
