Husbands and Hats

19th, 20th, 21st April at 1pm

Mephisto Theatre presents

Husbands and Hats: A revival of two classic plays

A Matter of Husbands
by Ferenc Molnár

One husband, one wife, one actress …
‘Isn’t it difficult, being a glamorous, attractive, successful actress? Men love you. Women hate you. Earnest young wives call to your apartment demanding you give them back their husbands when, really, you haven’t got them.’ A Matter of Husbands is a comedy of manners where two women engage in a battle of wit and guile in an effort to extract the truth.

The Lost Silk Hat
by Lord Dunsany

A gentleman caller stands in a dilemma on a fashionable London street. He has forgotten his hat in his lady’s drawing room and can’t possibly go back for it. Not now, when the engagement has been broken off. But no gentleman can be seen in London without his hat! The Lost Silk Hat is a light-hearted, yet insightful, examination of a man at a moment of romantic crisis, seeking help from strangers. Only a poet comes to his aid. But is a poet the man for the job?