The Smidgintons and Smacklethwaites have farmed the Scuddleswick valley in peace and prosperity for centuries. But when young Fred makes a request of his neighbour, he unleashes a terrible chain of events with somewhat hilarious consequences. A tale of passion, dead men’s boots, mushy peas, slack bottoms and horse whips; find out what happens when Stockdill gives Chekhov a right good going over.