Run For Your Wife
Beyond A Joke
by
Derek Benfield
Performed by West Moors Drama Society 18 - 20 November 1993
Cast
Jane...................................................................Suzanne Eames
Andrew...............................................................Phil Bowditch
Geoff...................................................................Mark Austin
Sally....................................................................Jane Hilliard
Sarah..................................................................Joyce Saint
Vicar...................................................................Jon Row
Audrey................................................................Ann Davies
Edgar................................................................ John Norman
TV Repair Man.................................................Ken Davies
Director...........................Mike Hutchings
Synopsis
John Smith, a taxi driver, is having a very, very bad morning.
The night before, he rescued a woman who was being robbed by three thugs. In the confusion of the moment, the woman hit Mr. Smith on the head with her handbag and the resulting injury sent him to the hospital for some minor repairs.
very bad morning.
The night before, he rescued a woman who was being robbed by three thugs. In the confusion of the moment, the woman hit Mr. Smith on the head with her handbag and the resulting injury sent him to the hospital for some minor repairs.
John's problem - or, rather, the catalyst that exposes his multiple problems - is that in his groggy state of mind he gave different addresses to the police and to the hospital.
Well, two addresses would seem innocent enough and, after all, John is a hero. But this taxi driver, who everyone describes as a simple, ordinary man, has a wife at each address.
Barbara Smith is the wife in the Streatham flat. Mary Smith is the wife in the Wimbledon flat. One thinks her husband works the late shift, while the other thinks hers works the night shift
Needless to say, Mr. Smith runs on an exacting schedule, and so his daily calendar is an organizer's nightmare.
Over the years, he had built up a collection of little white lies made possible because of his astonishing ability to adhere to timetables. On the day the action of the play takes place, Mr. Smith's schedule is knocked askew by a couple of hours, and this roving cabby has the brakes suddenly applied on his slippery life style.