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Farce HELP

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Topic: Farce HELP

Posted By: JSerio
Subject: Farce HELP
Date 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 By: edh915
Date 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)

Posted By: donzolidis
Date 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 - http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1490

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www.donzolidis.com

Posted By: Topper
Date 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.

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

Posted By: pdavis69
Date 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 - http://michaelparkerplaywright.com/whosewives.htm

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Patrick L. Davis
Fort Findlay Playhouse

Posted By: falstaff29
Date 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.

Posted By: GoldCanyonLady
Date 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.

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

Posted By: bernster74
Date 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.