Dion Boucicault; revised by Richard Bean

It is 1840 or thereabouts. In this Restoration style comedy, Sir Harcourt Courtly is a martyr to fashion, and a self-important, if rather over-the-hill, member of London's elite. He reluctantly leaves the capital to visit Gloucestershire, ‘the country', to court his bride-to-be, Grace. Delightful as she is, he finds himself totally smitten by her friend, the roguish, married, fox-hunting Lady Gay Spanker. And he believes she returns his affections. Seizing an opportunity for fun, Lady Gay leads Sir Harcourt seriously astray. Then Charles, his son from an early marriage, turns up too. Charles falls for Grace, and she for him. Confusion reigns, everyone gets caught up in it, but all comes right in the end.

This amateur production of LONDON ASSURANCE is presented by arrangement with United Artists Limited.