Meanwhile, Johnson (Ray Smith), the boss of the Bideawhile Organisation,[2] a hotel chain and leisure conglomerate, is trying to persuade his colleague Mr James (Cyril Luckham) that the methods of a new consultant he has contracted from the Transatlantic Corporation will aid their ability to identify potential employees who may suffer from stress and poor health.
Johnson is taken aback when the consultant, Parker (Derek Godfrey), arrives wearing an obviously false nose, but Mr James is unfazed.
The man seen earlier, Wilkie (John Neville), arrives for his interview, and is kept waiting on Parker's insistence as a test of his vulnerability.
Now intent on revenge, he recounts a story about the 'Rary', a (fictional) now-extinct species, and threatens Mr Parker for his insulting fixations.
[3] The play's director Gareth Davies recalled the work as "a sad piece about a madman applying for a job.