Waiting for Alan

WAITING FOR ALAN is about a woman whose marriage is dead Trapped in the rich but sterile environment of a lavishly appointed country house MARCIA is a microcosm of society a victim of and partner in someone elses routine Its not the housework or the cooking MRS BETTS looks after those but the daily monotony of waiting for ALAN her newspaperreading TV watching husband To him shes just the emotional central heating switched on and off in return for paying the bills and expected to operate as smoothly and regularly as the washingup machine or the gardener But MARCIA has waited long enough WAITING FOR ALAN is a humorous but critical tale of the unexpected and expected in classical threemovement sonata form It was screened at least twice on Channel Four television in the late eighties and both times received a very positive audience response as well as praise from weekly previewers in the newspapers