The origins of farce are generally accepted to be in French theatre but it came into its own in Britain during the 1920's with the "Aldwych" farces and with writers such as Ray Cooney and John Chapman in the 1970's and 1980's. In Cash on Delivery, Ray Cooney's son Michael has continued this tradition, writing very much in the style of his old man! Farce is often regarded as nothing more than highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, mistaken identities and, of course, lots of slapstick but just like the Monty Python gang with their "Ministry of Silly Walks", the best farces always poke fun at some aspect of the establishment, and in this play it is the British welfare state and its fictitious "Department of Social Security" which is in the crosshairs. Sit back, suspend your disbelief and prepre to laugh!