Alan Ayckbourn plays with class and relationships in "How the Other Half Loves," and he has strict instructions for the staging: There shall be overlapping living rooms with a smartly appointed room for the boss and a shabbier room belonging to the employee's family. He also has said for the play to work, it must be set as a period piece in the autumn of 1969.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM on May 27, 2015