by Joseph Kesselring
It is the story of two delightful, elderly Brooklyn sisters whose acts of kindness include the poisoning of lonely old men who answer their ad for a room to rent. With a clear conscience, they congratulate themselves on having saved yet another soul from loneliness by dispatching them to their heavenly destiny. Their nephew Mortimer, a theatre critic, has fallen in love with the girl who lives next door to his aunts, Elaine Harper, and has taken to visiting frequently. The drama takes place when Mortimer discovers the extent of his aunts' charity work, and in a frantic effort to contain the situation, endeavours to have his brother Teddy, who is quite openly mad, held responsible and committed to Happy Dale Sanitorium. Life is never that straightforward, however, and it is on this very eve that the psychopathic, long lost brother Jonathan reappears looking for shelter in the home of his aunts. He brings with him his accomplice Dr Einstein and some baggage of his own he needs to dispose of in a hurry...
Above description of the play from ASN website. This one was really nice, from start to finish it was really lovely. Specially liked the people who played Mortimer and the Aunts. They were great. The play was about 2.5 hours but it was really funny and smart, so it did not feel all that long at all. Also the actors overall did the accents pretty well as the story is in Brooklyn. Nice little black comedy. Love it.
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