Though the play 'The Never-Never Nest' is full of humor, it conveys a very strongmessage, which is of particularsignificance in present times.

The play tells us about the demerits of buying things on hire-purchase basis. Jack and Jill area newly married couple. They are attracted by the hire-purchase system. So they buy all the domestic luxuries including their house onan installmentbasis. In one sense their child is not their own because they have not made full payment of Dr. Martin’s bill. The system encourages lavishness by taking loans. The writer points out that the hire-purchase system enables the low- income group to have things, which they cannot buy with their money. On the other hand, the system makes people extravagant. They fall into the habit of borrowing which makes then unhappy. This is a problem of modern days; people take loans and are unable to repay them. Today we have everything because we buy things on instalmentsand then we worry that we have to repay them, in doing so we have lost out on the charm of life.Though the play 'The Never-Never Nest' is full of humour, it conveys a very strong message, which is of particular significance in present times.