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Black Comedy and The Real Inspector Hound.A
double-bill of modern classic comedies. Directed by: Brenda Read-Brown Black Comedy, by Peter Shaffer. This farce with a twist opens with the stage in complete darkness - perhaps a bit unsettling for the audience, although the actors seem not to have noticed! However, all becomes clear. When a main fuse blows as part of the action, the lights come up, and we can see everything - but the characters on stage continue as if they are now in blackness. Fast physical comedy follows. The Real Inspector Hound, by Tom Stoppard. Right from the start (which is a pause) to its final utterance, every word of The Real Inspector Hound is chosen with Stoppard’s usual meticulous precision to create a dazzling blur over the edge between reality and fantasy – with a lot of laughs included. In this play-outside-a-play, two theatre critics are watching a thriller; but the pretensions of the critics and the conventions of the thriller are interwoven and jumbled when one of the critics answers the phone on stage between scenes ...
T.A.D.S. Scoop 4 awards with "The Real Inspector Hound" at the All England One Act Play Festival: Central Division: Cheltenham 4th to 9th March 2002 Western
area Festival Winner...
Divisional Finals: Central Division. Taunton, 13th April 2002 Winner.....................................
The Programme
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