Synopsis

"The play concerns the two Bassett sisters, Gertrude is prudish, capable and hardworking. Madeline is completely different, she is sloppy, fat, cunning and sounds like a plumber who has lost his number four wrench. When Gertrude decides to marry, leaving Madeline to fend for herself, the situation becomes traumatic. In an attempt to break up Gertrude's romance, Madeline runs the gamut, making obscene telephone calls to the bridegroom's 80-year-old lush of a mother; outrageously insulting the groom-to-be, sneaking off to New York to trip on LSD, and finally sneaking back home to live in the attic and sulk. When all efforts fail she feigns a stroke".