Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe
Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000
from his fiancee's dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as
her own dead brother, who's been killed by her boyfriend Stanley
Stubbers. Holed up at The Cricketers' Arms, the permanently ravenous
Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job
with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to
be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his
two guvnors apart.
Simple.
Based on Carlo Goldoni's classic Italian comedy The Servant of Two
Masters, in this new English version by prize winning playwright Richard
Bean, sex, food and money are high on the agenda.