People - 2013 - 7/10
“…We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares. So go …” Petula
Theatre junkies, another gem from National Theatre Live.
Dorothy, the eldest, has inherited the family manor.
The estate is crumbling into ruin, however, and family fortunes are no longer what they were.
Circling round, are the vultures.
A shadowy concern representing wealthy buyers unknown, and the National Trust, wanting the manor for free!
Dorothy lives with companion Iris. Both are aged, not yet frail, but sharply perceptive and mischievous.
The disgust at potentially endless tourists, sniffing looky-loos, leads to comical money raising efforts.
Bitter comedy about when the money runs dry, for them, for us.