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PRODUCTION: Not Now Darling (Comedy Farce) PRODUCTION DATE: October 1974 DIRECTED BY: Keith Jefferies STAGED: The Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill SYNOPSIS: The scene is the exclusive London fur salon of Bodley and Crouch, where Crouch (the well-meaning innocent) struggles to keep things on an even keel despite the energetic philandering of his partner. At the moment, Bodley is trying to secure the affections of his latest would-be mistress by "selling" her husband an expensive mink fur coat for a fraction of its real worth, and the stammering Crouch is saddled with the task of consummating the sale with a straight face. But, as luck would have it, the husband seizes the bargain coat as the perfect gift for his own mistress-whereupon the complications burgeon uproariously, with poor Crouch caught in the middle. Suspicious wives, mistaken identities, scantily clad girls clapped hurriedly into closets all become part of the hilarious antics. PLAYWRIGHTS: Ray Cooney & John Chapman. 'Not Now Darling' was written in 1970.
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