Charley's Aunt

by Brandon Thomas

performed by BTG January 2010

A Comedy

Charley Wykeham and Jack Chesney are undergraduates at Oxford University.

They need a chaperon so they can entertain Amy Spettigue and Kitty Verdun, the niece and ward of Stephen Spettigue.

Charley receives word from his guardian that his Aunt whom he has never met or spoken to in his life will arrive by train any time now.

Seizing this opportunity, they send a note to Amy & Kitty saying that they are invited for lunch to meet Charley's Aunt who is a rich and widowed aunt from Brazil.

All is going well until Charley's Aunt sends a telegram to say that she has been detained on business, and not to expect her for a few days.

The boys panic and persuade their friend, Lord Fancourt Babberly, to masquerade as Charley's aunt.

This leads to amusement as the audience sees him transformed into the eccentric, elderly 'aunt'.