A House Divided - A Drama In One Act

In the summer of 2018 we were writing episodes for Inside No 9 series 5 and decided to set one entirely in a theatre auditorium. The idea was that we never focus on the play, only on the people watching and their interactions. We were aware of cost implications of having to at least partially fill an auditorium but thought that there would be such a small design cost that it might offset it in the budget, Sadly we were told by our producers that the expense of hiring a theatre for a week and getting enough people to sit in it would be too much fir our budget so 'A House Divided' was shelved and we wrote 'The Stakeout' instead. Two people in a car. When we started to think of ideas for an Inside No 9 stage show we pulled this script from the bottom drawer, thinking it might be a fun way to begin: an audience watching an audience. We hope you enjoy reading the full version.

Dedicated to Paul Darrow, 1941-2019