The three short plays in this publication by award winning Irish playwright Anne Le Marquand Hartigan span her playwriting career from Strings in 1981, Cake in 1984 and the recently commissioned In Other Worlds first performed by the students of Ohio Northern University in 2003. Tackling the themes of relationships, marriage, deception and self-deception, through intertwined storylines, the plays link and re-link the recurring themes of Anne Le Marquand Hartigan's work. Running for 45, 30 and just 5 minutes, the three one act plays offer a variety of options for short productions.