Come Out to Play

Come Out To Play is a play for five women. Emily has been brought up by her Aunt Helen in a strict belief in the wickedness of time-wasting amusements and the necessity for constant good-works and ceaseless committees for the improvement of everybody. Above all her long-dead father has been held before her as a shining example of rigorous puritanism. Dutifully Emily follows Aunt Helen's teachings even if she reads Marie Corelli novels in secret. The unexpected arrival of Connie Clayton-flamboyant ex-Gaiety girl and one-time close friend of Emily's father however reveals a different picture of him and precipitates a crisis.-5 women