Show Plot Rumors

Authors: Neil Simon

Time Period: Late 1980s (specifically written and set around 1988, reflecting contemporary upper-middle-class American political and social culture). 

Setting: A large, upscale, renovated Victorian home in Sneden's Landing—an affluent residential community in Rockland County, New York

Summary:

Rumors is a fast-paced farce that follows four upper-class couples arriving at an anniversary party only to find the host has accidentally shot himself in the ear, the wife is missing, and the servants have vanished.