by Hal Erickson
synopsis
The British Room for Two takes place in a back-lot Venice. Womanizing Englishman Vic Oliver takes a fancy to married tourist Frances Day. In a plot device right out of Charley's Aunt, Oliver disguises himself in drag and hires on as Day' maid (female impersonation was a valuable part of music-hall favorite Oliver's repertoire). When Day's philandering hubby Basil Radford comes home, the laughs start rolling in. Room for Two is based on a stage farce by Gilbert Wakefield.
characteristics
- Romance
- Mistress
- Marriage
- Romantic
- Scam
- Swindle
- Seductress
- Seduction
- Maid
- Love
- Con-game
- Con-artist
- Adultery
- Con/scam
- Extramarital-affair
