These two comedies are set in times of conflict and ask ‘is all fair in love and war’? To such a question they find no answer, even though both place love and sexuality at the heart of war and its efforts. Dudley Man pits traditional military practice against new-fangled theory and Realpolitik. Country Matters has roots in the Battle of Britain and shows eight women operating under the shadow of an absent commander. The ferocity of male conflict in the air is matched by the feisty female ‘entertainment’ prepared on the ground by the tormented Wing Officer, Candida Shuttleworth. The outcome is startling. The plays may be played together or separately.