Bedroom farce

Bedroom Farce is a play by Alan Ayckbourn . In Germany the piece is known as the bedroom guests.

It premiered on June 16, 1975 at the Library Theater in Scarborough , directed by Alan Ayckbourn. The German premiere took place on June 14, 1978 at the Comedy Düsseldorf. Directed by Alfons Höckmann .

It is a play for eight actors who represent four couples. The locations are the bedrooms of three couples. The piece shows four different ways of dealing with one another within a relationship. During the plot it becomes apparent that the people, no matter how different they are, are subject to the same relationship patterns.

Protagonist couples

Ernest and Delia are the parents of Trevor, who is married to Susannah. Jan is Trevor's former girlfriend and is now married to Nick, who is currently bedridden due to back pain. Kate and Malcolm host the party which is spoiled by Susannah and Trevor. Susannah and Trevor are currently experiencing a relationship crisis.

time

The piece takes place shortly before a party, during and until the morning after the party.

content

Kate and Malcolm give a party to which they also invite Jan, Nick, Susannah and Trevor, although Nick cannot for the said reasons.

Susannah and Trevor come to the party individually, as a falling out couple. After all, they really quarrel there and let the party break. Before that, Trevor and his former girlfriend Jan get a little closer again, they give each other a tender kiss, which is both embarrassing afterwards.

Back from the party, Jan confesses the kiss to her husband Nick, but he is only concerned with his back pain.

After he had to say goodbye to all the guests, Malcolm tries to cheer up his wife with a self-made cupboard, tinkering all night and only manages to scrap metal.

Ernest and Delia strive to repeat craziness from the past, which they do not quite succeed, but still have a lot of fun.

After the party, Susannah and Trevor drive from bedroom to bedroom, so to speak, to complain about their suffering, spend the night there, and finally find themselves together again in Malcolm and Kate's bedroom.