So Brian Friel walks into an producer's office and says, 'Listen I've got 5 acts which i really think you should put on' the producer is sceptical but asks him for an outline because of the strength of his other work.

'Well', says Brian, 'It's an intricate, linguistically rich, symbolically charged exploration of the slow death of one part of Irish society and the effect this passing has on those left behind.' he pauses. 'I guess you could say it deals with recurring cultural, political and social modes in the upper strata of Roman Catholic society in rural Ireland since the act of Catholic Emancipation'

'have you got a name for this?' asks the producer.

'yeah' he replies, 'i call it The Aristocrats'

[har har.]