The first ladies of France and America can be seen on stage in Hertfordshire.

Wheathampstead Dramatic Society presents Two Ladies by Nancy Harris at the Memorial Hall in the village later this month.

The play was first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2019.

Hertfordshire audiences can see it at the venue in Marford Road, Wheathampstead on Thursday, October 17, Friday, October 18, and Saturday, October 19 at 8pm.

Tickets cost £12 and are available from The Manor Pharmacy, Wheathampstead, and online at ticketsource.co.uk/wheathampstead-dramatic-society or on the door.

The two first ladies of France and the United States find themselves unexpectedly sidelined by their husbands at a major international conference is the south of France.

One, an Eastern European ex-model, is used to such treatment from her right-wing, born-again Republican husband.

But the first lady of France, a woman who is significantly older than her husband, has enjoyed a considerable amount of power and has done a lot to get him into the Presidency, and rails and fumes at her sudden position of impotence.

But are they completely powerless? As their husbands seem to be driving towards a major and possibly global conflict just to save their own positions, is there anything their wives can do to stop it?

This play offers a possible, if somewhat extreme solution!