The Misunderstanding, or Love’s Sacrifices. Act 1, Scene 1, The Jowls household

Enter left, with Mediterranean tan, smirking, bearing a plastic bag full of souvenirs of Italy, Mr. Jowls:

“Guess what I found quite by accident in the toilets at Silvio’s?”

Mrs. Jowles: “What is it, my masterful legal wizard.”

Mr. Jowles: “It’s £350,000. He won’t miss it.”

Mrs. Jowles: “Why, fancy that! Now I can stop worying about the mortgage and get on with my latest masterly wheeze. “

Mr. Jowles: “What is that, my pulchritudinous little political petal?”

Mrs. Jowles: “To end sexual bias in the Olympics! Why should the men just box other men? Why can’t women join in?”

Mr. Jowles: “Brilliant! Er … shalll I make myself scarce for a bit? People might ask how I happened to find this dosh.”

Mrs. Jowles: “What dosh was that then?”

About the Author

In 2003, the Chartered Institute of Marketing named Drayton one of 50 living individuals who have shaped today’s marketing.

He has worked in 55 countries with many of the world’s greatest brands. These include American Express, Audi, Bentley, British Airways, Cisco, Columbia Business School, Deutsche Post, Ford, IBM, McKinsey, Mercedes, Microsoft, Nestle, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Toyota, Unilever, Visa and Volkswagen.

Drayton has helped sell everything from Airbus planes to Peppa Pig. His book, Commonsense Direct and Digital Marketing, out in 17 languages, has been the UK’s best seller on the subject every year since 1982. He has also run his own businesses in the U.K., Portugal and Malaysia.

He was a main board member of the Ogilvy Group, a founding member of the Superbrands Organisation, one of the first eight Honorary Fellows of the Institute of Direct Marketing and one of the first three people named to the Hall of Fame of the Direct Marketing Association of India. He has also been given Lifetime Achievement Awards by the Caples Organisation in New York and Early To Rise in Florida.

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