NCERT Book Class 11 English (Snapshots) Chapter 3 Mother’s Day

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Mother’s Day

J.B. Priestley

The following play is a humorous portrayal of the status of the mother in a
family. Let’s read on to see how Mrs Pearson’s family reacts when she tries
to stand up for her own rights.

Characters
MRS ANNIE PEARSON
GEORGE PEARSON
DORIS PEARSON
CYRIL PEARSON
MRS FITZGERALD

The action takes place in the living-room of the
Pearsons’ house in a London suburb.
Time: The Present
Scene: The living-room of the Pearson family. Afternoon. It is a comfortably
furnished, much lived-in room in a small suburban semi-detached villa.
If necessary only one door need be used, but it is better with two — one
up left leading to the front door and the stairs and the other in the right
wall leading to the kitchen and the back door. There can be a muslin-
covered window in the left wall and possibly one in the right wall, too.
The fireplace is assumed to be in the fourth wall. There is a settee up
right, an armchair down left and one down right. A small table with two
chairs on either side of it stands at the centre.