THE STORY: George and Harriet, who have been wed 25 years, come to a store to pick out a new bed or beds. Should they buy twin beds or a double? They don’t get much sales effort from the salesman. Into the discussion, uninvited, comes a young blonde, Jill, who wants a big bed because she is all alone.
THE FOOTSTEPS OF DOVES is one of the four plays comprising
You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running.
The topic is sex, in all its mysterious and fascinating manifestations, and the treatment of this is so skillful, tasteful, and explosively funny that the plays are not only captivating and touching, but universal in appeal.
“Everything about this production of four short plays has a masterly light touch…we have a delightful gift of springtime in the Broadway theatre.” —New York Daily News.
“The best and brightest new American play of the season…” —New York World Journal Tribune.
“…notably fine comic and dramatic episodes, written with skill and insight…” —New York Post.
