The brilliantly witty and biting writing talents of the author of The Real Inspector Hound and Shakespeare in Love makes every moment of this backstage comedy intellectually and emotionally engaging. An articulate and romantically idealistic playwright receives a challenge from his wife – take the inept play of a “political prisoner” named Brodie and rework it into a theatrical triumph. In the process, the writer must show his wife that Brodie is more of a thug than a victim of political repression, all the while challenging his own long-held concepts of love, marriage and fidelity.