Poison: A Farce

A brisk domestic farce set largely in a suburban breakfast-room, where household disorder, a domineering guest, and a flustered servant trigger a cascade of misunderstandings and comic complications. A harried retired merchant navigates stolen carriage, missed trains, and a string of visitors while romantic intentions, civic officers, and eccentric acquaintances arrive in rapid succession. The action relies on timing, physical business, and mistaken assumptions to expose vanity, social pretensions, and family friction, delivering rapid-fire humor through short scenes and theatrical devices suited for amateur or club performance.