The widowed Mrs. Taggart manages and dominates both the construction firm set up by her late husband, and the lives of her three sons, who work for her.  All three are present at the annual celebration of her wedding anniversary, and all three have surprises for her. Tom’s is his plan to marry the pregnant Shirley, Terry‘s his intention to emigrate with wife Karen and family, whilst Henry turns out to be a gay transvestite. During the evening, Mrs. Taggart uses every despicable trick she can to thwart their plans and keep her sons close, but her ascendancy is finally broken.

This black comedy will have you cringing as well as laughing in the aisles as Mrs. Taggart takes bad behaviour to another level in her efforts to control her family.

The play was filmed in 1968 and starred Bette Davis and Sheila Hancock. Davis enjoyed making this film and bought a devilish charm to the role of Mrs. Taggart.