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cbcses
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Topic: "Charley's Aunt" ???
Posted: 7/14/08 at 2:12am

Has anyone done/seen this? How was it? Any suggestions?

CBCSES

(forever searching for a great play)

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Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:18am

Charlie's Aunt is truly one of the great classic "farce" plays of the world theatre

It works beatifully when done within the period it is written. The dialougue is very high class British and when presented with dead seriousness and total aplumb, it is amazingly funny.

One of the most famous "man dressing as a woman" plays of all time.

We presented it several years ago and while I was concerned by the "britishness", our audience truly loved this show.

"REMEMBER ME IN LIGHT"

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Posted: 7/14/08 at 11:31am

We did "Charley's Aunt" in April and it played to very good houses. You need to have a director that understands farce and knows how to handle a well-made play. Foremost, you must have a great "Charley's Aunt" - ours had never done anything at our theater (although he had his own company and was an exceptional director as well as an actor). he literally made that show.

We did the show in just two locations as opposed to three to avoid the second intermission and a long redress of the set. We played the garden down stair of the grand rag with an appropriate drop and topiary. We combined the garden and the last scenes together and it worked pretty well. The biggest challenge we had was finding period furniture.

Good luck!

Charlie

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slstones
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Posted: 7/14/08 at 5:05pm

We put it on at Mesa High and it was awesome! We entered it into state competition and it earned superiors. The reason we weren't chosen as mainstage at State Thespian is because we had also just won the year before and they allowed the other school to have the opportunity. If you have any questions-estones@cox.net.

Thanks, Sandy

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Posted: 7/15/08 at 12:16am

A good stayer, like the heavy going.

I remember she ran at Royal Randwick for quite a few seasons -

Charley's Aunt

Trained by Townsend,

Ridden by Anthony Armstrong Jones.

[western] Gondawandaland
"Hear the light & see the sound!
TOI TOI CHOOKAS
{may you always play to a full house!}

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Ken W
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Posted: 7/17/08 at 11:38pm

I was in "Charley's Aunt" 25 years ago. It was a great deal of fun and the audience loved it. The set was PVC and cloth with furniture.

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Posted: 8/21/08 at 7:27pm

I saw two productions of "Charley's Aunt" at our HS. The first had more period costumes, and the actor playing "Babs" (Lord Fancourt Babberly) was more convincing as Charley's Aunt. I liked both productions, although maybe I was prejudiced more towards the first because my friends were acting in it. It is very funny. I think the age of the fathers made a difference in how funny it was (it was funnier if they seemed a lot older than the sons).

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cbcses Walk-On Joined: 3/06/07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Topic: "Charley's Aunt" ??? Posted: 7/14/08 at 2:12am
	Has anyone done/seen this? How was it? Any suggestions? CBCSES (forever searching for a great play)

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jaytee060 Star Joined: 1/18/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 63	Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:18am
	Charlie's Aunt is truly one of the great classic "farce" plays of the world theatre It works beatifully when done within the period it is written. The dialougue is very high class British and when presented with dead seriousness and total aplumb, it is amazingly funny. One of the most famous "man dressing as a woman" plays of all time. We presented it several years ago and while I was concerned by the "britishness", our audience truly loved this show.
	"REMEMBER ME IN LIGHT"
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spikesgirl Celebrity Joined: 3/30/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 129	Posted: 7/14/08 at 11:31am
	We did "Charley's Aunt" in April and it played to very good houses. You need to have a director that understands farce and knows how to handle a well-made play. Foremost, you must have a great "Charley's Aunt" - ours had never done anything at our theater (although he had his own company and was an exceptional director as well as an actor). he literally made that show. We did the show in just two locations as opposed to three to avoid the second intermission and a long redress of the set. We played the garden down stair of the grand rag with an appropriate drop and topiary. We combined the garden and the last scenes together and it worked pretty well. The biggest challenge we had was finding period furniture. Good luck! Charlie
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slstones Walk-On Joined: 7/14/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 7/14/08 at 5:05pm
	We put it on at Mesa High and it was awesome! We entered it into state competition and it earned superiors. The reason we weren't chosen as mainstage at State Thespian is because we had also just won the year before and they allowed the other school to have the opportunity. If you have any questions-estones@cox.net. Thanks, Sandy
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JoeMc Celebrity Joined: 3/13/06 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 832	Posted: 7/15/08 at 12:16am
	A good stayer, like the heavy going. I remember she ran at Royal Randwick for quite a few seasons - *Charley's Aunt* Trained by Townsend, Ridden by Anthony Armstrong Jones.
	[western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!}
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Ken W Walk-On Joined: 3/22/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 7/17/08 at 11:38pm
	I was in "Charley's Aunt" 25 years ago. It was a great deal of fun and the audience loved it. The set was PVC and cloth with furniture.
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whitebat Celebrity Joined: 8/05/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 137	Posted: 8/21/08 at 7:27pm
	I saw two productions of "Charley's Aunt" at our HS. The first had more period costumes, and the actor playing "Babs" (Lord Fancourt Babberly) was more convincing as Charley's Aunt. I liked both productions, although maybe I was prejudiced more towards the first because my friends were acting in it. It is very funny. I think the age of the fathers made a difference in how funny it was (it was funnier if they seemed a lot older than the sons).
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