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Welcome to the Trout Hotel on the Devonshire coast, hand-built by its remarkable owners Patience and Ella Trout. Locally known as 'the maidens', these two women were renowned for their strength, their masculine appearance, their love for each other and the eccentric way in which they ran their hotel.

Now deserted by the guests of the roaring twenties and its extraordinary proprietors, the hotel is occupied only by their younger and uncelebrated sister Edith. When the hotel was finally opened up after her death, the dining room was still prepared and set for sixty guests and its walls were lined with loaves of bread.

An exploration of the eccentric - a British institution, someone we can laugh at, envy and emulate; but also someone who enables us to create folklore, mystery and myth. Entering the mind of Edith Trout, who lived her life in the shadow of her formidable sisters, the play dealt with issues of loss, bereavement, guilt and inadequacy, offering an insight into how the human brain can play tricks on the subconscious in its efforts to come to terms with or avoid the realities of life.