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A Little Bit of Fluff: A Farce in Three Acts

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The three-act farce depicts escalating domestic misunderstandings in neighbouring flats, centering on John Ayers, his wife Pamela, and friend Bertram Tully, with maids, an aunt, and assorted visitors complicating matters. Misplaced keys, telegrams, locked rooms, and mistaken identities trigger rapid entrances, concealed relationships, and comic attempts to explain absences. Each act builds situational irony and physical comedy through swift pacing and contrived accidents, while characters repeatedly try to preserve reputation and restore order. The comic resolution depends on exposure of deceptions and reconciliations that re-establish domestic calm.

A LITTLE
BIT OF FLUFF

A Farce in Three Acts

BY

WALTER W. ELLIS

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A LITTLE BIT OF FLUFF

CHARACTERS

JOHN AYERS (pronouncedAirs”).
BERTRAM TULLY His friend.
NIXON TRIPPETT Inspector of Claims for the Motor ’Bus Company.
DR. BIGLAND Also for the Motor ’Bus Company.
PAMELA Mrs. John Ayers.
MAMIE SCOTT From the Five Hundred Club.
AUNT HANNAH Mr. Tully’s Aunt.
URSULA Mr. Tully’s Maid.
CHALMERS Mrs. Ayers’ Maid.

ACT I

SCENE.—John Ayers’ Flat in Bayswater, No. 13 St. Mark’s Mansions.

Two weeks elapse.


ACT II

SCENE.—The same.


ACT III

SCENE.—Mr. Tully’s Flat—next door—No. 14 St. Mark’s Mansions.

A LITTLE BIT OF FLUFF

Produced at The Criterion Theatre, London, October 27, 1915, with the following cast of Characters:—

JOHN AYERS Mr. George Desmond.
BERTRAM TULLY Mr. Ernest Thesiger.
NIXON TRIPPETT Mr. Stanley Lathbury.
DR. BIGLAND Mr. Alfred Drayton.
PAMELA AYERS Miss Marjorie Maxwell.
MAMIE SCOTT Miss Ruby Miller.
AUNT HANNAH Miss Lilian Talbot.
URSULA Miss Violet Gould.
CHALMERS Miss Dulcie Greatwich.