'I sit with Ronnie and his friends sometimes and I listen to them talk about things and you know I've never heard half of the words before.' Norfolk, 1959. Beatie Bryant comes home from London to visit her family. She has fallen in love with Ronnie and passionately believes she has escaped her rural roots through the love and education of a good man. While she counts down the two weeks until he visits, she cooks, cleans, bathes and teaches her mother about high culture. As the whole family gathers to await Ronnie A co-production with the Palace Theatre, Watford.| 19 May 98 to 23 May 98 | Connaught Theatre Worthing West Sussex |
| 12 May 98 to 16 May 98 | The Playhouse Oxford Oxfordshire |
| 6 May 98 to 9 May 98 | Everyman Theatre Cheltenham Gloucestershire |
| 28 Apr 98 to 2 May 98 | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford Surrey |
| 21 Apr 98 to 25 Apr 98 | Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Suffolk |
| 14 Apr 98 to 18 Apr 98 | Belgrade Theatre Coventry West Midlands |
| 13 Mar 98 to 4 Apr 98 | Watford Palace Theatre Watford Hertfordshire |
