The play revolves around the funeral of an elderly father - not usually an occasion for hilarity, but when the family concerned numbers amongst its members a wellington-clad cook that bakes almondless almond cakes, another who's convinced his shopping trolley is a clever dog called Rover (he's already taught him to beg) and a sister who's a happy inmate of a psychiatric home, the proceedings are bound to be lively!!

Add to this a posthumous joke played by Father on three of his daughters and the fact that they are not exactly what might be termed "a close-knit family" and the scene is set for a scorching comedy of personalities and situations.