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The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays

This brilliant comic trilogy details the amorous exploits of Norman, assistant librarian, whose one aim is to make the women of his life happy - these women being, as it happens, three sisters, one of them his wife, who can't wear contact lenses because "life with Norman is full of unexpected eye movements".

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Each play stands uproariously on its own yet interlocks with the others to form an ingenious Chinese puzzle of successive relations.

Themes
theatre
Setting
20th century
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 226 pages
Form
plays

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