Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Farce HELP

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JSerio
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Topic: Farce HELP
Posted: 1/19/13 at 5:53pm

Hello,

Here we go again. I need you helping choosing a farce for our next season. It can't be anything thats been overdone. Noises Off and The Foreigner are great but we are looking for something new or unknown and old. We looked at Room Service and A Flea in Her Ear but would like some other options. We are not looking for a high school geared farce. Something period would be ideal!

Thanks for the help!!

P.S. The show has to be a true farce. Slamming doors, slapstick, mixups etc.

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Posted: 1/20/13 at 12:24am

Off the top of my head:

Lend Me A Tenor
Charley's Aunt
Boeing, Boeing
Out of Order
13 Rue de l'Amour
No Sex, Please, We're British
Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors (find an updated version, if you must)

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donzolidis
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Posted: 1/21/13 at 4:52pm

I just read unnecessary farce, by Paul Slade Smith. Really funny.

You can read it online here:

http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1490

www.donzolidis.com

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Posted: 1/21/13 at 7:39pm

"The Italian Straw Hat" is a classic and probably in public domain. Large cast.
"My Sister Eileen" is more of a straight play, with elements of farce. Also large cast.

"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone

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Posted: 1/22/13 at 8:36am

There is a fantastic American farce names "Who's wives are they anyhow". Yes, American farce. No need for poor english accents. The show was written by Michael Parker and is available through Samuel French. Door slams, mistaken identities, people in bed with the wrong people, cross-dressing, this show has it all.

http://michaelparkerplaywright.com/whosewives.htm

Patrick L. Davis
Fort Findlay Playhouse

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Posted: 1/25/13 at 4:44pm

David Ives recently did a "translaptation" (translation-cum-adaptation) of Corneille's The Liar. The whole thing's in rhyming pentameter. Very funny, and it even includes a neat spoof of/homage to the "handbag" subplot from Earnest.

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Posted: 1/28/13 at 9:26am

We are currently in rehearsal with Let's Murder Marsha. It is very funny-7 characters (4 females and 3 males) and hilariously funny. It was written by Jack Sharkey using an alias of Monk Ferris.

Barb Hofmeister,
MountainBrook Village Players, Gold Canyon, Arizona.

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Posted: 1/31/13 at 11:47pm

I second the recommendation for No Sex Please, We're British. I will also add Ken Ludwig's Leading Ladies, Ray Cooney's Run for Your Wife and Caught in the Net, and Marc Camoletti's Don't Dress for Dinner.

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JSerio Player Joined: 4/18/11 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 29	Topic: Farce HELP Posted: 1/19/13 at 5:53pm
	Hello, Here we go again. I need you helping choosing a farce for our next season. It can't be anything thats been overdone. Noises Off and The Foreigner are great but we are looking for something new or unknown and old. We looked at Room Service and A Flea in Her Ear but would like some other options. We are not looking for a high school geared farce. Something period would be ideal! Thanks for the help!! P.S. The show has to be a true farce. Slamming doors, slapstick, mixups etc.

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edh915 Celebrity Joined: 11/19/09 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 325	Posted: 1/20/13 at 12:24am
	Off the top of my head: Lend Me A Tenor Charley's Aunt Boeing, Boeing Out of Order 13 Rue de l'Amour No Sex, Please, We're British Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors (find an updated version, if you must)
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donzolidis Celebrity Joined: 5/15/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 156	Posted: 1/21/13 at 4:52pm
	I just read unnecessary farce, by Paul Slade Smith. Really funny. You can read it online here: http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1490
	www.donzolidis.com
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Topper Celebrity Joined: 1/27/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 543	Posted: 1/21/13 at 7:39pm
	"The Italian Straw Hat" is a classic and probably in public domain. Large cast. "My Sister Eileen" is more of a straight play, with elements of farce. Also large cast.
	"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone
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pdavis69 Celebrity Joined: 3/26/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 437	Posted: 1/22/13 at 8:36am
	There is a fantastic American farce names "Who's wives are they anyhow". Yes, American farce. No need for poor english accents. The show was written by Michael Parker and is available through Samuel French. Door slams, mistaken identities, people in bed with the wrong people, cross-dressing, this show has it all. http://michaelparkerplaywright.com/whosewives.htm
	Patrick L. Davis Fort Findlay Playhouse
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falstaff29 Celebrity Joined: 9/17/04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 155	Posted: 1/25/13 at 4:44pm
	David Ives recently did a "translaptation" (translation-cum-adaptation) of Corneille's The Liar. The whole thing's in rhyming pentameter. Very funny, and it even includes a neat spoof of/homage to the "handbag" subplot from Earnest.
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GoldCanyonLady Celebrity Joined: 2/05/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 172	Posted: 1/28/13 at 9:26am
	We are currently in rehearsal with Let's Murder Marsha. It is very funny-7 characters (4 females and 3 males) and hilariously funny. It was written by Jack Sharkey using an alias of Monk Ferris.
	Barb Hofmeister, MountainBrook Village Players, Gold Canyon, Arizona.
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bernster74 Star Joined: 10/20/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 51	Posted: 1/31/13 at 11:47pm
	I second the recommendation for No Sex Please, We're British. I will also add Ken Ludwig's Leading Ladies, Ray Cooney's Run for Your Wife and Caught in the Net, and Marc Camoletti's Don't Dress for Dinner.
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