The cast of only three (the couple plus the husband's friend) makes it suitable for some purposes e.g. entries in drama festivals.
The Berrill's kitchen in a country house Farce or dramatic comedy The main idea of this play is gender biasness, the way men generally underestimate females and their capabilities Darry: A stubborn, fat man of about fifty-five.
Darry and his wife have an argument about whether men's or women's work is more difficult and challenge each other by switching roles for a day.
After a while, they funnily start practicing for their song which they are going to perform at the Town Hall Concert, "Down Where the Bees are Humming".
After a series of mishaps - broken crockery, bleeding nose, shattered windowpane, a fused light bulb, Barry's ruined spectacles, spilled oil from the oil drum and nearly getting pulled along with the tied heifer to the bank beside the house - Darry fails at doing housework (thus losing the challenge).