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丹麦王子哈姆雷特的父亲意外死亡，母亲嫁给了他的叔叔——新的国王，哈姆雷特认定是新国王杀父夺母篡取王位，便假装疯癫伺机复仇，一场明争暗斗在宫廷展开。
两个小人物：罗森格兰兹和吉尔登斯吞，被国王召见，他们被委派护送哈姆雷特到英国去。这两个蒙在鼓里的人从一开始就一直在扔钱币打赌、无聊可笑地探讨人生和他们所处的世界、好奇地窥探宫廷里那些他们不明白的秘密，完全没有想到他们是在执行国王企图杀死王子的密谋，更没有意识到命运使他们不明不白地送了命。
莎士比亚的故事，换了从两个不相干的小人物的角度来叙述，又好笑，又悲惨，这是现代人眼中的王子复仇记。

丹麦王子哈姆雷特的父亲意外死亡，母亲嫁给了他的叔叔——新的国王，哈姆雷特认定是新国王杀父夺母篡取王位，便假装疯癫伺机复仇，一场明争暗斗在宫廷展开。
两个小人物：罗森格兰兹和吉尔登斯吞，被国王召见，他们被委派护送哈姆雷特到英国去。这两个蒙在鼓里的人从一开始就一直在扔钱币打赌、无聊可笑地探讨人生和他们所处的世界、好奇地窥探宫廷里那些他们不明白的秘密，完全没有想到他们是在执行国王企图杀死王子的密谋，更没有意识到命运使他们不明不白地送了命。
莎士比亚的故事，换了从两个不相干的小人物的角度来叙述，又好笑，又悲惨，这是现代人眼中的王子复仇记。

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.