Good Comedy Script
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Topic: Good Comedy Script
Posted By: Jasper
Subject: Good Comedy Script
Date Posted: 12/05/09 at 7:14am
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Hi all. Long time reader, but first time poster here. I am looking for a good, well-known comedy for about 5-10 characters. Any ideas?
Cheers, Jasper  ------------- "...I am Lazarus risen from the grave. Quite alive you'll find me, this tomb behind me is where I faced my closest shave..." |
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Posted By: Topper
Date Posted: 12/05/09 at 3:30pm
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"The Nerd" and "The Foreigner" are both laugh-out, crowd-pleasing comedies by Larry Shue. ------------- "None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone |
Posted By: edh915
Date Posted: 12/06/09 at 1:39pm
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Well, obviously (probably too obviously), there's always "The Odd Couple" and "Barefoot in the Park." -- You did say "well-known" so I assume you're looking for the largest audiences you can get. You might also try "The Importance of Being Earnest" or "Charley's Aunt." Titles people know but probably haven't really seen, so you have the recognition factor. Plus they can be really, really funny when done well. I also recommend a really great laugh-out-loud comedy that doesn't perhaps have a great recognition factor, but it does have a great title (and it truly lives up to expectations): "Love, Sex, and the IRS." Great clean fun. We had standing room only at our final performance. (Our performance dates were in April, so we had a timeliness factor going for us as well.) |
Posted By: Mr. Lowell
Date Posted: 12/08/09 at 11:44am
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"Noises Off"
"Dearly Departed"
"Taming of the Shrew"
"All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten"
------------- Mr. Lowell, Lighting/Set Designer & Tech Director, for the Linda Sloan Theatre, in the Davison Center for the Arts, at Greensboro Day School |
Posted By: POB14
Date Posted: 12/08/09 at 4:19pm
------------- POB Old Bugger, Curmudgeon, and Antisocial B**tard |
Posted By: Spectrum
Date Posted: 12/09/09 at 1:37pm
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Maybe not as well known, but absolutely hilarious when done right is Marc Camoletti's DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER. I see it playing quite a bit in community theatres these days. We did this show several years ago and sold out every night. Some people even came back for a second performance. ------------- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. |
Posted By: tristanrobin
Date Posted: 12/09/09 at 3:26pm
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I Hate Hamlet Lend Me A Tenor Moon Over Buffalo The Man Who Came to Dinner Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Play It Again, Sam ------------- http://tristanrobin.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Waiporiti
Date Posted: 12/12/09 at 9:54pm
| Ben Elton's 'Popcorn' is well worth a look and for an intelligent comedy dealing with the authorship of Shakespeare's plays (and poems) try Amy Freed's 'The Beard of Avon". |
Posted By: gaftpres
Date Posted: 1/19/10 at 10:13am
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"But Why Bump Off Barnaby?" a farce
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