Edward and Lavinia Chamberlayne are hosting a cocktail party. Little does everybody know that their marriage has been on the rocks for about five years, and that tonight, of all nights, Lavinia is planning on leaving Edward.

This play deals will the major social issues of separation, divorce, and adultery, showing a couple suffering from all three, and their proposed resolution. It also deals with the completion one can find either in having a true purpose in life, or by finding wholeness in another person.

This Tony award-winning play is definitely worth a read by any fan of drama, but probably best avoided by readers of lighter material. ( )

Great to read, even better to see performed. ( )

An English drawing-room comedy in blank verse, with serious undertones, this is a strange and fascinating work. ( )