When We Are Married

 

 

Set in a fictional northern town in 1908. Three couples, the Helliwells, the Parkers and the Soppitts, who are all highly respected pillars of their community, gather at the Helliwell home to celebrate their silver wedding. The party comes to a sudden end when the new chapel organist tells them that he recently met the parson who conducted the triple wedding ceremony – he was not authorised to do so. Faced with the reality that they have been ‘living in sin’ all these years, home truths fly like confetti. Not only does this discovery undermine the couples’ sense of moral certainty, but it even threatens to tear apart their apparently solid, ‘respectable’ marriages.

 

When We Are Married is wonderfully colourful and full of laughs. This comedy is J.B. Priestley’s most popular play.