Mixing comedy with melancholy reflections on mariage, age, class, and friendship, this play becomes a study of the English away from home. Journalist Tom, despite having misgivings about leaving his wife Gail, has joined his freind Andy on a golfing holiday in Spain. Andy, who is married to Gail's freind Lynne, enthusiatically joins the lager-lout brigade at their hotel and makes the most of the opportunities for illicit sex that are available. Tom, holding himself apart from the crowd, embarks on a platonic freindship with Trish. Back in England, Andy keeps his infidelity secret but Tom tells Gail of his innocent friendship with Trish and the seeds of suspicion are instantly sown.
This play presents a study of marriage and friendship as well as the English away from home. Tom, despite his misgivings at leaving his wife, joins his friend Andy on a golfing holiday in Spain. The farce, however, doesn't begin until they get home to their wives.