Two sisters come together to spend Christmas with their families in their recently deceased parents’ falling down country house, with hilariously chaotic consequences, as ancient sibling rivalries flare up again to sabotage the hoped for season of good will.

19世纪末20世纪初的瑞典，中年律师弗雷德里克.伊格曼娶了一位18岁的续妻安妮，妻子虽然爱他却没准备好面对真正的婚姻生活，结婚11个月仍然没和他同房。律师的儿子亨利克，比继母还年长一岁，他的对生活十分沮丧，尽管他是神学院学生却形成了消极的世界观。安妮被他的举止吸引，却不能明白他字里行间的深意。同时她对丈夫许诺，将尽快与他同房。安妮愚昧的女仆佩特拉只稍微年长一点，给她女主人提了很多粗陋的同房建议。
此时，女主角，当红演员迪塞丽.阿姆菲尔德闪亮登场，她与弗雷德里克是老情人，同时也是个相当自私的女人，她把女儿弗雷德里卡交给其外祖母阿姆菲尔德夫人抚养。女儿非常想念母亲，但迪塞丽始终为了演出而推脱不去见女儿。听说她所在剧团将来到弗雷德里克家乡演出，她邀请他前去欣赏。弗雷德里克携妻同行，安妮怀疑女明星与丈夫有染。于是安妮谎称头疼要求丈夫带她回家，在家里佩特拉正在勾引亨利克。
弗雷德里克对迪塞丽旧情难忘，偷偷溜出家见她，两人的重逢场景相当欢乐也很做作，他们告诉彼此自己的生活现状，弗雷德里克一直说他多爱他妻子，迪塞丽饱含揶揄的回应他。她则告诉他自己的新相好——已婚的卡尔伯爵。听说弗雷德里克结婚11月尚未行房，她决定送给老友一个礼物，满足他的欲望。
阿姆菲尔德夫人向外孙女讲述所谓人生真谛，并回忆了她的动荡人生，并追忆她年轻时的幽会。卡尔伯爵来到迪塞丽家，弗雷德里克和迪塞丽用极其粗糙的谎言让伯爵相信两人是清白的，但伯爵仍满腹狐疑。他回到妻子夏洛特处，妻子知道他的不忠，而伯爵沉浸在对迪塞丽的耿耿于怀中。夏洛特建议丈夫把事情弄清楚，同时意识到自己也可以参与其中，她妹妹和安妮是同学。
夏洛特拜访安妮，透露了弗雷德里克的不忠行经，安妮十分惊讶害怕。夏洛特劝戒她，这就是妻子的宿命，必须要接受这份痛苦。迪塞丽去母亲家声称要为弗雷德里克家举办一次晚会，母亲勉强同意。受到邀请的弗雷德里克家一片骚动，安妮拒绝前往，夏洛特则希望她去让迪塞丽显得黯然失色。卡尔则决定给妻子一个意外的生日礼物，不请自来的参见迪塞丽晚会。卡尔决定要和弗雷德里克决斗，而夏洛特则打算勾引弗雷德里克让丈夫嫉妒，从而终结他的不忠。
所有人各怀鬼胎来到阿姆菲尔德夫人家，除了佩特拉，但她意外的被主宅仆人弗里德吸引。所有贵夫人相互挤兑，亨利克遇到弗雷德里卡，向她承认自己深爱继母。 弗雷德里克和卡尔暗自发现自己对迪塞利无条件服从。大家怀着心事开始了一吨鸿门宴。
夏洛特在晚餐时于弗雷德里克调情，安妮与迪塞利相互攻击。大家迅速陷入争吵中，惟独亨利克第一次主动表达自己的情绪，他高声斥责大家的不道德行为并离开餐桌。所有人都被他震惊，也离开了晚餐。弗雷德里卡向安妮透露了亨利克的爱意，于是两人出去寻找他。迪塞利胸有成竹的问弗雷德里克是否需要她把他从生活的桎梏中解救出来，但弗雷德里克说他对她的爱只能在梦里。原本一切都在掌握之中的迪塞利突然感到人生的无常。
亨利克在庄园湖畔准备自杀，被安妮拦下，两人互诉衷情，并导致安妮献出初夜。离他们不远处，佩特拉和弗里德也在享受云雨之欢，佩特拉庆幸自己在进入婚姻牢笼前能享受如此多的快乐。亨利克与安妮满心欢喜称火车离开，准备开始新生活。弗雷德里克发现了他们的秘密，却发现自己并不恼怒。夏洛特向他坦白了自己的计划，离开了他。卡尔不明就里，嫉妒的要求决斗，决斗中弗雷德里克伤了耳朵。卡尔对自己的胜利非常满意，夏洛特看到丈夫如此在意自己也很满意。没有任何束缚的弗雷德里克也想迪塞利表达了自己的爱意，女明星终于吐露实情，原来弗雷德里卡正是他女儿。
在故事宁静而强有力的结尾时刻，阿姆菲尔德夫人询问外孙女对当晚发生事件的感想，她平静的回答，爱情充满坎坷也导致很多诡异的结果，但是这些都是无可避免的，最终人们能意识到爱情才是唯一真实的东西。夫人微笑点头睡过去，并平静的死去。

British series about Jeremy Thorpe

In his plot for Noises Off, Frayn plays on the concept of a play within a play, in this case a dreadful sex-comedy titled Nothing On—the type of play in which young girls run about in their underwear, old men drop their trousers, and many doors continually open and shut. Nothing On is set in "a delightful 16th-century posset mill"[2][3] that has been converted to a modern dwelling for which renters are solicited; the fictional playwright is appropriately named Robin Housemonger. Each of the three acts of Noises Off contains a performance of the first act of Nothing On.[4]
Act One is set at the dress rehearsal, the night before opening at the (fictional[5]) Grand Theatre in Weston-super-Mare, with the cast still fumbling with entrances and exits, missed cues, misspoken lines, and bothersome props, most notably several plates of sardines.
Act Two portrays a Wednesday matinee performance one month later,[6] at the (again fictional[7]) Theatre Royal in Ashton-under-Lyne. In this act, the play is seen from backstage, providing a view that reveals the deteriorating personal relationships among the cast that have led to offstage shenanigans and onstage bedlam. Also, there appears to be no true resolution. The play simply falls into turmoil and disorder before the curtain is pulled.
In Act Three, we see a performance near the end of the ten-week run, at the (still fictional) Municipal Theatre in Stockton-on-Tees, when personal friction has continued to increase and everyone is bored and anxious to be done with the play. The actors attempt to cover up a series of mishaps but only compound the problems and draw attention to the bungling performance.
Much of the comedy emerges from the subtle variations in each version as off-stage chaos affects on-stage performance, with a great deal of slapstick. The contrast between players' on-stage and off-stage personalities is also a source of comic dissonance.

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Sherlock Holmes is approached by a government Minister, Mr. Trelawny Hope, who has had an important document stolen from his dispatch box. The box was in his bedroom at the time of the theft but was left unobserved for several hours. The document is of the utmost sensitivity and could have a serious impact on European affairs. Holmes is surprised when Lady Hilda Trelawny Holmes calls on them to get information about her husband's current situation. Holmes is unable to help her, but the murder of Eduardo Lucas, a possible go-between for the stolen document, leads him to the thief. Written by garykmcd

Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each other, but had to divorce after Joanna was caught on an incidental love affair. Since then Carl has made Joanna's life impossible. 10 years later she's fed up with the situation and decides to visit him, only to find that once he made three copies of her.