Absent Friends - Autumn 1980
Sept 1980
Location: Cordes Hall, Sunninghill, SL5 9NE
Directed by: James Matthews
Written by: Alan Ayckbourn
When Colin, a friend who has been absent, comes back to his circle of friends, his friends are worried about how to approach him over the death of his fiancée, Carol, who has drowned. Diana organizes a tea party for Colin's arrival. The characters are shown to have interrelationship tensions and this is near erupting when Colin arrives, heightening the tension when they all work to appear friendly towards him. However Colin seems euphorically happy while the rest of the party are near breaking point.