Publisher's Synopsis
Remember the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, The Yeoman of the Guard?This uproarious opera, set in the Tower of London is given a new twist and an updated slant in The Women of the Guard, now set in the present-day Wormwood Scrubs prison in London and using current news items to fabulous effect.A young Russian chemistry student, sent to prison for making the deadly Novichok poison so that his father can bump off his enemies, is to be sent back to Russia to complete his sentence. There, he will face almost certain death at the hands of his father's enemies. In the prison, however, the wardens have employed him in the making of Crystal Meth because it keeps the inmates happy and they are pocketing the profits. They don't want him to leave the prison and hatch a cunning plan. A young female warden, who cannot afford to pay the vet bills for her sick cat, agrees to marry him so that he can apply for 'Right to Remain' in the UK.The Women of the Guard is a hilarious tribute to the Gilbert & Sullivan classic and is the latest from Robert Bromley Davis, who maintains the original's character, breathing new life into it while using every contemporary trick in the book
