It is hard to argue there is actually a
plot to Family Circles, it is essentially a hypothetical question
acted out in front of our eyes of “what would have happened had I
married someone else and what would have happened to them?”
Three couples come together for a wedding anniversary; each couple seems
generally unsuited. During the course of the evening’s events and at
the end of each act, the partners change while retaining their original
characters. The final scene sees all variants of the relationships mixed
together and on stage. Throughout this, there runs a sub-plot of the
wives / fiancées trying to discover whether their father is trying to
kill their mother.
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