New York City
At the old Brewster home in Brooklyn, a charming pair of elderly sisters, Abby and Martha, mix up a very special elderberry wine which they “charitably” serve to lonely gentlemen houseguests. The antics of their nephews, Teddy, who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt; Mortimer, a maniac theatre critic; and Jonathan, an escaped murderer, make for hilarious mayhem. Arsenic and Old Lace is a must for all nonprofessionals, a ready-made comic hit.