Information for Three Hens in a Boat at Reading Rep Theatre, Reading (Play). Navigating the River Thames from Kingston to Henley and almost all the way down the aisle, Claudette, Gloria and Jay's well-intentioned family outing soon devolves into a series of hilarious misadventures. Inspired by Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat", Camille Ucan's comedy charts the twist and turns of intergenerational family dynamics on a hen do with a difference.