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bullet Posted: 11/04/07 at 8:36pm
Actually, "Funny Money" is by Ray Cooney and "Bedroom Farce" is by Alan Ayckbourn.   "Funny Money" is great, but some audiences might object to the use of the word "pussy" in one scene, but that can easily be changed to something tamer.


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bullet Posted: 11/04/07 at 9:50pm
Originally posted by klever

but some audiences might object to the use of the word "pussy" in one scene, but that can easily be changed to something tamer.

Welcome Klever!
The big hiccup it is not that simple?
Anyhow I think Ray cooney &/or his Rights Agent would make a bigger objection & a more costly fuss about taming the pussy bit.Embarrassed
Remembering it is a Pohmy [British] script & I think it will milk enough laughter to drown out any prissy  punters objections. But in some respects in a lot of your local Tamborene basher Belts there, it could raise a few eyebrows - so well worth the Censored warning.
There again it was not that long a go over there, when  resounding objections &  bans were imposed on 'Damn Yankees'  also? Wink
{I never understood that? When 'cor Blimmey' & other such expressions  were aceptable - Maybe it was about linking Damn with Yankees, that was the real objection?}
Actualy I think old Molly Sugden, gawd bless her, of the BBC series 'Are you being served'. Would have been laid off on the dole much sooner, if it hadn't been for her signature  lines of concern "So Wot do I do about my poor old pussy?". Which always hooked the laughter, even from the toffee nosed Kensington Set  Pohms.}
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bullet Posted: 11/05/07 at 1:48pm
I don't find the pussy offensive  Wink but in some parts of the US it  would probably raise a few eyebrows.   Interestingly, most farces that use the word "pussy" seem to use it in a sort of nudge-nudge wink-wink way without being overtly sexual.  That's mostly true of "Funny Money" as well, except for the line where Betty says to Henry: "You'll get plenty of pussy in Barcelona."  
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bullet Posted: 11/05/07 at 7:08pm
Ermm See what you mean, I doubt that spain is noted  to be bigger cat lovers than any where else?
your right it may need to be tamed down, as one of those throw away lines, that is brushed over, without being acentuated at all.
Leaving the average punter unsure what was said, that may or not sink in later? Giving the feeling that  they have missed that bus, so happily to wait till the next one shows up.
In most cases they don't think about it any further  or realise it's content.
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I'd like to suggest the following that I've done with high school students:
But Why Bump Off Barnaby?
Hard Candy (one-act)
Love of a Pig
 
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I totally agree with "The Foreigner,"  "Lend Me a Tenor,"  "Dearly Departed." and any Farndale play.  Also "The Nerd' (of course) and an unknown Carl Reiner play "Enter Laughing" that is very funny and the sweet comedy "Over the River and Through the Woods." 


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TITLE: Divorce Sale
GENRE: Contemporary Comedy.
LOGLINE: Neighbors hold a séance to contact the deceased husband of one’s ditsy mother-in-law.
CAST OF CHARACTERS: 10 (6f,4m)
SCENIC REQUIREMENT: Double-car garage.
TIME: Spring, early 1990s.
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 80 minutes.
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: <www:singlelane.com/proplay/divorcesale.html>.
ROYALTIES: Contact playwright for performance rights at <lindastockham@yahoo.com>.
PRODUCTIONS: Multiple, in USA and Internationally.
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Visit Heuer Publishing.  They allow you to sort by genre and preview the first act of any of their plays...


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We did "You Can't Take it With You" by Neil Simon. Great comedy, but lots of actors needed.
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bullet Posted: 3/02/08 at 2:41pm
Originally posted by Matty

We did "You Can't Take it With You" by Neil Simon. Great comedy, but lots of actors needed.
 
 
Actually, YCTIWY is by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman - it IS a great comedy, though.  I've done it twice - once as the Grand Duchess and once as Mrs. Kirby - and stage managed it once.
There's a little bit of diva in all of us. Some just have a larger helping than others.
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