Location
The Hainsworth holiday home is a palatial two story building situated by the sea, sitting on a high cliff face, overlooking the ocean. The gardens surrounding the house are vast and lush with vegetation typical to seaside locations. The property is located closely outside the main township with direct road access to the train station, shops, services and the town’s infrastructure. The seaside township has a tourist industry providing hotels, restaurants and other tourist interests.

Relationships
The Hainsworth family are a close-knit unit; Alfred (the father), Elizabeth, (eldest daughter) and Candice (youngest daughter). Marcie is the Housekeeper for the Hainsworth family. She is loyal to Mr and Mrs Hainsworth. Isobel is the younger sister of Alfred’s mother. Alfred does not enjoy the company of his Aunty and finds her interfering and contemptuous. George is Elizabeth’s ex-boyfriend and intends to ask her to take him back as her boyfriend. Robert’s intentions are to ask for Alfred’s blessing to marry his eldest daughter, Elizabeth. At the same time he flirts with Marcie and Mimi. Mimi has been invited to the holiday house by Alfred for a rendezvous, acting as if to be there for a tennis lesson.

On Stage
This play is written for one set with many entrances to heighten perplexity and interest in the story.

The set is designed as an open plan dining area with an adjacent lounge area. In the lounge room there is a buffet and settee and dinning table. On the dining table there is a small bouquet of flowers in a vase. The front door opening to outside at downstage right, a staircase leading upstairs at upstage centre and underneath the staircase is a swinging door to the kitchen.

The East wing entrance is at upstage left and the West wing entrance is at upstage right. The furnishings are modern, yet the architecture is old style. The set consists of a lounge area with settee setting with scatter cushions and matching chairs, coffee table, coat stand, side tables and telephone table and telephone. The dining are consists of a dining table and matching chairs and buffet.

The set is dressed with oil paintings, curtained windows, a large rug, knick-knacks and other ornaments suited to a well-to-do family’s well kept holiday home.