In Which There is One For the Pot

Saturday was closing night of my play and Kaleb's soccer game.  I love watching his games most of the time.  They are a lot more fun now than they were when he was in kindergarten.  Now he actually runs after the ball and tries to kick it.
I suppose I can tell you all about my play now that it is over.  I will try not to spoil it too much though because if you ever get the chance to see it, you absolutely should.  It is a fast paced, hilarious case of mistaken identity.
It's called One For the Pot So there's this guy named Johnathan Hardcastle.  He's a rich mill owner in Northern England who wants to give his deceased partner's son 10,000 pounds.  Which in 1959, was a "pot of money".  Clever.  You see where the title comes from now.  But there is a catch.  He will only give the money to Billy Hickory Wood if he is the only living relative of the late Samuel Hickory Wood.  Samuel was the one who made the mill the success it has become, and he died penniless because all of his relatives squandered his money away.  Billy worked in the mill when he was a young man, but it's been years since he's last seen him, so he puts an ad in the paper to try to find him.
And I was going to keep telling you the whole story, but then this post would be really, really long.  So I'll just show you the pictures instead.  With captions that will probably just confuse you even more!  Muwahahahahahaha!
Oh blimey.  There are too many pictures to share.  I guess I will just share the ones with me in them.  That's all you wanted to see anyway, right?

 My favorite cast photo (not the one that was used as you were greeted in the foyer).

 This handsome young man is Jennifer Bowater-Smith's husband, Stanley.  Isn't he sweet?

 "Well, I mustn't let you keep us here chatting!"

 This handsome young man is Billy Hickory Wood.  Winnie's husband.

Just a bit of trivia:  The men playing Stanley and Billy are actually real life brothers.  Jeremy and Ben.  Jeremy also played one of Ben's doubles (as Ben played four different characters).

 Winnie doesn't like Charlie Barnet (on the left).  He's a schemer always getting her Billy into trouble.

The butler, Jugg is capitalizing on tonight's mischief.

 "Where's my Billy?"

 That's Rupert.  Winnie thinks he's Billy, though and is trying to tell him about the baby they are going to have together.  Wait?  Rupert?  You mean Billy has a twin brother?  Yep.  Billy and Rupert did not know about each other though.

Winnie: "What are you talking like that for?" 

Rupert (who has a posh British accent): "Like what for?"

Winnie (who has a Yorkshire accent and Billy sounds like he's from the North):  "Like the ten o'clock news!"

 When Rupert tells Winnie she is mistaken about him being the father of her child, she bursts into tears.

 Billy, on the other hand, is quite excited to be a father, and Winnie is very confused by the conflicting reactions.  She tries to take Billy home.

 Amy has asked Billy to paint a portrait of her and when she sees what he's done, she faints into his arms.

Winnie:  "Oi! I thought you were here after fancy women!"

 Rupert is caught with Cynthia.

"That girl was cuddling you."

"Was she?"

 Cynthia:  "I think you're mad!"

Winnie: "Aye! Good and mad!"

Rupert is playing along and pretending to be Billy, but he and Cynthia have fallen in love.

He continues letting Cynthia believe she is being courted by Billy for now.

 Billy has a gramophone horn stuck on his head.

 Cynthia, Johnathan Hardcastle, and Winnie are trying to figure out what is going on.

 Rupert sits on Billy while he struggles with the gramophone horn on his head.  Rupert tries to hide Billy from the others.  

Trivia:  It didn't work.  We could totally see him.  We just had to pretend like we couldn't.

 Hardcastle:  "Where did you get this la-dee-dah voice from?"

Charlie: "It were during the war!"

 Rupert denies he is my husband and claims that Winnie is married to Charlie.

 Winnie is invited to come to the party.  She tried to get out of it by saying she didn't have her party frock, but Cynthia (in an effort to get her away from Rupert/Billy), lets her borrow one of hers.

Billy likes the dress, and tells her she looks like a cream horn.

 Clifton Weaver.  Cynthia's boyfriend and art critic.  Who was going to propose to her.  He really just wants her fortune though. The slimy skunk.  But it's love at first sight for Cynthia and Rupert.  Sorry Weaver. Daddy didn't like you any way.

I actually really like this guy.  He's such a sweetheart in real life.  He's my new friend.

 Billy accidentally gets drunk after drinking a bottle of rum he has mistaken for lemonade.  I just don't see how that is possible, but Billy does think that two plus two is five, so...

 Then Michael Hickory Wood shows up.  Wait.  Triplets?  You mean there's three of them!?

Turns out, Michael is a pick pocket who was raised in Ireland.

 Winnie just wants Billy to tell the truth.

 And just as he's about to, Michael comes in and mucks it all up.

He turns out the lights and switches places with Billy.

 Winnie has caught Rupert (Billy) and Cynthia kissing! 

 And Charlie finally tells her what's going on.

"Well, why didn't you just say so in the first place?"

 Rupert comes up with a plan to get Michael out of the way so Billy can sign the agreement and get the 10,000 quid.

 Cynthia is so excited by the plan, she kisses Rupert.  

Charlie gets swept up in the moment and kisses Winnie.  

Who promptly slaps him.

 "Where is my Billy anyway?"

 "Take him into the library and explain about Michael to him."

 Michael has been knocked out and stuck in the library, but there are complications.

"Well, that Michael is coming 'round."

So Charlie takes the bed warmer and smacks him with it again.

Michael wakes up and ties Winnie up.  She gets out after everything has been revealed to Mr. Hardcastle, and Billy helps untie her.  Then they kiss and run off into the garden together.  But unfortunately, no pictures were taken of the kiss. Rude.