The blowhards, the know-it-alls, the scrupulous, and the impecunious are all targets for Shaw's incisive wit in his classic satire of the medical profession. A well-respected physician is forced to choose whom he shall save: a bumbling friend or the ne'er-do-well husband of the woman he loves.
Starring (in alphabetical order):
Jane Carr as Emmy/Minnie Tinwell
Gregory Cooke as Redpenny/Newspaper Man
Kenneth Danziger as Dr. Blinkensop/Mr. Danby
Roy Dotrice as Sir Patrick Cullen
Jennifer Dundas Lowe as Jennifer Dubedat
Martin Jarvis as Sir Colenso Ridgeon
Simon Templeman as Cutler Walpole
Douglas Weston as Louis Dubedat
Paxton Whitehead as Sir Ralph Bonington