Alan Mackenzie has had a bad back. It is ruining his life, and also the life of his loyal and affectionate wife, Jane. After years of happy marriage, this attractive and intelligent couple have more or less stopped making love, and are turning into people they hardly recognize. Jane, to her own horror, is becoming a resentful caregiver, and Alan is becoming a resentful caregetter.Meanwhile, another, very different, couple has just arrived in town. Delia Delaney is a famous writer who has just been appointed a Visiting Fellow at the university where both Alan and Jane work. Delia is also famous for her pre-Raphaelite beauty and charm - and, among those who know her well, for her egotism and her migraine headaches. Delia's husband, Henry, appears to be cynical and demanding, though most of his demands are for things Delia wants. At first, Alan and Jane do not like Henry and Delia very much - but these two outsiders soon totally alter them and their lives.Truth and Consequences is a comedy about love and its disguises, and about identity and change. Read Less