I'll Leave It to You

An unpretentious comedy from 1920, 'I'll Leave It To You' was the first of Coward's plays to be produced. An uncle privately promises each of his idle nieces and nephews that he will leave them his entire fortune if they make something of themselves. When he returns to London a year later, the lazy children, inspired by the promise of a grand inheritance, have become highly successful composers, writers, actors and prize-winners. But it is difficult to pin Uncle Daniel down on how exactly he made his money, and whether he really has 3 years to live before succumbing to an elusive malady.