You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running is a collection of four unrelated one-act comedy plays by Robert Anderson.In The Shock of Recognition playwright Jack Barnstable auditions Richard Pawling for a role that requires nudity and discovers the overeager actor is more than willing to show his stuff. The Footsteps of Doves focuses on Harriet and George a married couple shopping for twin beds after many years of marriage.