A brief Synopsis

Mr. and Mrs. Smith are in an English Living Room, exchanging pleasantries, common saying and stories especially a long story about many Bobby Watsons. Mary, the maid, enters and talks about the wonderful, yet mundane day she had. She lets the Smiths letting them know that the Martins are at the door. The smiths exit and Mary answers the door and scolds the Martins for being late. She leaves them alone and the Martins engage in a long conversation of recollections, rememberings, and repetitions that finally lead to the Martin’s realizing that they are husband and wife. Mary enters and tears apart the details of the Martin’s story and claims they are in fact not married and the child they are mutually recalling is not the same child at all. She exclaims that she is Sherlock Holmes. Then Mr. and Mrs. Martin agree to forget all that has NOT passed between them and live as before. Mr. and Mrs. Smith re-enter wearing the same clothes. They had said they were going to change before exiting last and they haven’t changed clothes. The Martin’s are then scolded for arriving uninvited and being four hours late as the Smiths have had nothing to eat all day waiting for them. They begin with a series of saying and non-sequiturs that turns into an extraordinary story of people doing “extra ordinary” things. After the doorbell is rung many times, the fire chief arrives. He inquires about any present fires. They assure him, no fire is burning. The fireman tells a couple strange stories before Mary re-enters. It turns out that she and the fire chief once had a fire together. Mary recites a poem about fire while the smiths push her off stage. Everyone responds to the poem and the Fireman exits, but not before commenting that the bald soprano maintains the same hair style. Lastly, the Martins and Smiths exchange what seems like common slogans or phrases that are all mixed up. Each answer is a non-sequitur and it culminates with gibberish, repetition and screaming. They repeat bizarre sets of words that sound alike but are quite different. The dialogue eventually devolves into screaming “It’s not that way, it’s over here!” There is a blackout and the play starts over with the Martins taking the place of the Smiths.