On the far side of middle age, Archie Rice lives in a British seaside resort with his father, retired successful vaudevillian Billy Rice...
On the far side of middle age, Archie Rice lives in a British seaside
resort with his father, retired successful vaudevillian Billy Rice,
second wife Phoebe Rice, and doting son Frank Rice. Following in retired
Billy's footsteps, Archie is a song-and-dance music hall headliner,
with Frank supporting his dad as his shows' stage manager. The waning
popularity of Archie's type of shows, a dying form of entertainment, is
not helped by Archie's stale second rate material, which brings in small
unappreciative crowds. Archie clings to his long held lifestyle,
including heavy drinking and chronic infidelity, of which Phoebe is
aware. What Archie has not told his offspring is that Phoebe was his
mistress while he was still married to their now deceased mother. His
want to be a music hall headliner is despite his financial problems, he
an undischarged bankrupt who now signs Phoebe's name to everything.
Phoebe wants them to escape this life to something more stable, such as
the offer from her ...
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