讲述了露丝·埃利斯 （Ruth Ellis） 的故事：她作为年轻夜总会经理的生活方式，她与随后被冷血杀害的男人的暴力关系，她的被捕、审判以及随后的法律斗争，以便在她被绞死之前让她获释。

本剧改编自Mary S. Lovell传记小说《Mitford家的姐妹们》。

原本应该墨守成规一到年纪就钓个金龟婿过上锦衣玉食生活的贵族姐妹，在动荡的时局中，走向了不同的人生轨道。她们之中，有法西斯，有共产党；有作家，有农场专家；有情妇，也有公爵夫人。丑闻不过是她们绕身的装饰品，离经叛道不过是她们最浅显的标签。她们撕下世俗强加的华丽假面，用各自的人生选择在历史的画布上肆意泼墨，墨迹交织，最终勾勒出的，是一个旧秩序摇摇欲坠时，个体在信仰与私欲、坚守与迷失中挣扎的群像，真实映照出时代褶皱里人性的多棱与混沌。【炸鱼薯条字幕组原创简介】

The family, from whose tentacles we can never quite escape. When a golden wedding anniversary reunites the Randolph family on the eve of WWII, Dora and Charles must reckon with the adults their children have become. Their children, meanwhile, are haunted by the memory of the family they once were. As the weekend’s celebrations unfold, the family walks a tightrope between intimacy and estrangement, camaraderie and rivalry, love and hate. Heartbreaking and joyful, this captivating revival of Dodie Smith’s (I Capture the Castle) play is a moving dissection of family and what it means to grow up and return home. Lindsay Duncan (Hansard) plays Dora in this beautiful, contemporary production, directed by Emily Burns (Jack Absolute Flies Again).