Mapp & Lucia
The social rivalries of a small English town and a host of unforgettable
characters are brought beautifully and hilariously to life in this brilliant
adaptation of author E.F. Benson's much loved 1930s tales. This bitingly funny
comic drama celebrates and lampoons the snobberies and pretensions of
small-town life.
Over the course of a summer, the sly, scheming Miss Elizabeth Mapp and the
gloriously haughty Mrs Emmeline ‘Lucia’ Lucas jockey for social supremacy in
the charming historic town of Tilling. As Mapp and Lucia go into battle –
albeit an impeccably polite one! – their fellow residents are subjected to a
dizzying round of rival musical evenings, artistic one-upmanship, competitive
charity events and tense afternoon teas to see where their loyalties lie. So who
will triumph in this well-mannered fight to be Tilling's finest?