SEVEN YEAR ITCH, THE

by Axelrod, George

After seven years of marriage, the wife of Richard, a mild-mannered publisher’s assistant, has taken off to the country for the Summer, leaving Richard alone to contemplate his fate. When a flowerpot falls off a balcony and nearly kills him, Richard decides to live life to the fullest while he can. He takes up smoking and drinking, and invites the woman who lives on the floor above down for an evening of seduction. But this latter day casanova has, in addition to a nervous disposition, a conscience - which quite literally follows him around the apartment. What follows is a struggle of heroic and hilarious proportions in one of the comedy classics of all time.