6. - Run For Your Wife

Using his irregular taxi shifts as cover, John maintains two separate homes and two unsuspecting wives— Mary Smith in Wimbledon and Barbara Smith in Streatham.

To prevent his wives from meeting, John enlists his lazy neighbor, Stanley Gardner , to help spin an increasingly absurd series of lies. The play involves mistaken identities, slamming doors, and desperate cover-ups that push the situation to the point of total absurdity. Production History 6. Run for Your Wife

Some contemporary critics find the script's reliance on 1980s stereotypes—particularly involving "cringe-worthy" jokes about the gay community—to be dated. Using his irregular taxi shifts as cover, John