Title: Present laughter
Description: Matinée idol Garry Essendine, suave, hedonistic and too old, says his wife, to be having numerous affairs has a line in eager, adoring debutantes, largely tolerated among his small circle of intimate friends, but playing closer to home is not. Just before he escapes on tour to Africa, the curtain is drawn back on a whole tangle of his misdemeanours. In between hustling infatuated conquests out of sight into the spare room, Garry gives a dazzling performance, centre stage in a light, charming, farcical comedy.