 In a small town in the 1950 s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week s play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre s directors. The producer doesn t try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play s dire dialogue.