Full Length, Comedy Charaters: 3 male, 3 female The play tells the story of John, an irascible Scotsman and an uptight English woman, Maude, both in their late 50s, who take on the journey of a lifetime. They are brought together when his ward marries her niece. Then, when the young couple decides to adopt a new born baby, the older couple has to travel 6, 000 miles to California to pick up the child and bring her safely home to Scotland. The problem is, John and Maude desp | Be My Baby by Ken Ludwig, Paperback | Indigo Chapters