Books by Hazel Wyld

When Terry Bailey appears on the eve of his daughter''s wedding after twenty years away in America, it is not surprising he receives a cool reception from May, the wife whom he deserted, and from her best friend Dora especially as she is the one who has to break the news of his arrival. Dora''s plan to keep the two apart goes miserably wrong and results in Terry and May coming face to face in a blistering confrontation. Terry tries various methods to achieve a reconciliation, but his wife gives vent to twenty years of suppressed anger. Only as the play ends does she agree to his being present at the wedding and does there appear to be a glimmer of hope for the future.|2 women, 2 men

Diane and Harold Blott give a party for their silver wedding. Harold becomes sulkier and sulkier, and Diane finally realizes that the cause of Harold's behaviour is the presence at the party of his current lover. Diane faces a dilemma: either to wound Harold's ego, or carry on with her "pretending-not-to-know" farce.|3 women, 2 men

Fizz and Frank, elderly actors who were deeply in love, have been divorced for many years. Amazingly, they find themselves in a rambling garden where two young people enact scenes from their past. A man appears, explaining they have entered the "hereafter" but Fizz is not really meant to be there and must choose between life and her true feelings for her husband...|2 women, 3 men

It is Richard's seventieth birthday. To his Isle of Wight home come his children - Sam, unhappily married, and bringing her autistic son, Miles; Charlie, a discontented alcoholic with numerous chips on his shoulder; and Ben, whose generosity and sense of fun draw attention away from a mystery at the heart of his life. With Ben arrives Brice, an expected addition to the party and, in some quarters, an unwelcome one: for Brice was the first husband of Richard's wife, Jan, and is the real father to her children. The scene is set for a day and a night of revelations, arguments and moments of tenderness as the family seeks to resolve its difficulties and to put the past behind all of its members.4 women, 4 men, 1 boy