Overboard and The Neighbours
By Two plays by Michael VinaverTHURSDAY 2 OCTOBER - SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Translated by Gideon Lester
Overboard (Par Dessus Board)
The family firm of Ravoire et Dehaze are the leading manufacturers of lavatory paper. When the Americans arrive and threaten to take over as market leaders, there are profound consequences, both personal and professional, and much is jettisoned overboard.
Twenty actors play forty parts - including a jazz trio and three dancers who regularly invade the action. The Orange Tree's biggest show ever by one of France's leading playwrights.
Translated by Paul Antal
Neighbours (Les Voisins)
Two fathers live side by side and share not only a patio but nearly everything else in life. One has a daughter, the other a son, and a marriage is hoped for. The gold bars that one man has hidden under his patio are stolen and suspicion abounds.
Winner of the 1986 Ibsen Prize for outstanding achievement in French Theatre.
The Orange Tree Theatre is to play a leading role in the London wide French Theatre Season.