Annie has arranged to go away for the weekend so Reg and Sarah have come to look after mother. However, when it is discovered that Annie is going away with Norman, her raffish brother-in-law, Sarah forces her to call the whole thing off but Norman decides to stay on at the house and gets roaring drunk. Chaos, confusion and much hilarity follow. Part of the Norman Conquest series of plays which all happen on the same weekend in different rooms of a house – thus each forms part of the off-stage events for the others.