Drawing Rooms Second Floor and Attics A Farce in One Act

Drawing Rooms Second Floor and Attics is a comedic one-act farce by John Maddison Morton that revolves around a series of misunderstandings and comedic situations in a bustling household. The plot centers on the interactions between various characters who are caught up in a mix-up concerning the use of different rooms in a house. The confusion begins when several characters each with their own motives mistakenly believe they are entitled to certain rooms or spaces in the house leading to a chaotic series of events. The farce plays on themes of social status personal ambitions and the humorous contradictions of etiquette all exacerbated by the confined setting of the house. Through clever wordplay mistaken identities and slapstick humor Morton delivers a fast-paced and entertaining critique of social norms and human nature. The play’s resolution restores order but not before exposing the absurdities of the characters’ assumptions and the chaos they cause.