Based on Thomas Hardy's famous short story, On The Western Circuit. It is 1895. Melchester, England. An unhappily married British lady writes love letters for her illiterate maid to a London Barrister after the maid has a fling with the young man in a field. The beautifully penned love letter persuade the Barrister that the maid is more than she seemed and the lady starts to fall in love with the fantasy man far away. When the maid reveals she is pregnant, the two women must go about winning the Barrister over to marriage. The results are surprising to all. Orchestrated for 4 pieces or just piano.

Full Stage Productions:
Off Broadway at the York Theatre, NYC 1999
Starring Michele Pawk
Directed by Travis Stockley
Nominated for Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off Broadway Musical
London: Kings Head Theatre, Islington 2000
Village Theatre, Seattle, WA 2000-1
Apple Tree Theatre, Chicago, IL 1997
Village Originals, Seattle WA 1998
Lyric Stage, Irving, TX 1997
Winner of 5 Dallas Theatre League Awards including Best New Play or Musical
Cast Album on Fynsworth Alley Records
What happens when a married Victorian British woman writes letters for her illiterate maid and falls in love with the man to whom she is writing? A romantic, literate musicalization of Thomas Hardy's short story, this award winning 4 character musical has played Off Broadway, London and all over the USA.