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Mrs Bramson, a bitter, fussy, self-pitying elderly woman, resides in a remote part of Essex, with her intelligent yet subdued niece, Olivia.

Mrs Bramson spends all her time complaining while sitting in a wheelchair ( although it is revealed during the play that she has in fact no disability whatsoever ).

She is thoroughly disliked by her two servants, Dora, a young, sensitive maid and Mrs Terrence, the cook, as well as Olivia, who Mrs. Bramson also treats as a servant.