Three Farces

THURSDAY 2 JUNE - SATURDAY 25 JUNE

Directed by Henry Bell

Designed by Sam Dowson

Edited by Colin Chambers

4*, Michael Billington, The Guardian
'As expertly played by Clive Francis and Edward Bennett, it prefigures not only Pinter but all those yuppie-nightmare Hollywood movies about fear of dispossession...'

4*, Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage
'Here's a real collector's item, and a fascinating farcical evening...'

3*, The Times
'Bell's direction is brisk and bright, and the cast sparkle as they juggle intricate wordplay with manic stage business. Particularly eye-catching in the second play - the strongest, with its almost Pinteresque whiff of menace - are Clive Francis as the discomfited Snoozle and Edward Bennett as the implacable intruder...'

'An evening which achieves all that is expected of it; a great glimpse of plays which could have easily been consigned to the history books ... an explosion of frolicking, fumbling and fabulously loud frivolity ... quite simply - adorable.' The Good Review

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The re-discovery of the wonderful world of Maddison Morton
(1811-1891), precursor of The Goons and Monty Python, is, as
Kenneth Tynan wrote in 1967, 'long overdue'. Gordon Craig
thought him 'the funniest playwright that England ever had'.
And Tynan thought him 'better than Feydeau'.

Thwarted lovers, disgruntled uncles and a jam loving suitor
are among the characters caught up in this array of farcical
encounters. From Slasher and Crasher's efforts to prove
themselves as brave and worthy men, to the bewildered
Grimshaw and his besieged lodgings, these colourful comic
capers add mayhem and merriment to our season.

Cast:
Mr Edward Bennett
Mr Stuart Fox
Mr Clive Francis
Miss Jennifer Higham
Mr David Oakes
Miss Natalie Ogle
And Master of Ceremonies Mr Daniel Cheyne