The Watched Pot (alternative title The Mistress of Briony) is a romantic comedy play by Saki and Charles Maude published in 1924. The play, all three acts of which are set in the fictional country mansion of Briony Manor, revolves around the search for a suitable bride for young Trevor Bavvel, who is the sole heir to Briony Manor, a manor house in rural England. The present owner is the widowed Hortensia Bavvel, his mother, who is a bossy and sho...
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