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The Whitehall farces were a series of five long-running comic stage plays at the Whitehall Theatre in London, presented by the actor-manager Brian Rix, in the 1950s and 1960s. They were in the low comedy tradition of British farce, following the Aldwych farces, which played at the Aldwych Theatre between 1924 and 1933. [1]
The first of these plays was an updated and Anglicised adaptation of an American play of 1914; a version of the original play was filmed in the US in 1931, starring Norman Foster, Carole Lombard, and Richard "Skeets" Gallagher. Other filmed farces by Travers, with one or more of the Aldwych stars, are:
Farce No Sex Please, We're British is a British farce written by Alistair Foot and Anthony Marriott , which premiered in London's West End on 3 June 1971 at the Strand Theatre . [ 1 ] It was panned by critics, but ran until 5 September 1987, [ 2 ] transferring to the Garrick and the Duchess during the run of 6,761 performances.
Noises Off is a 1982 farce by the English playwright Michael Frayn.. Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of The Two of Us, a farce that he had written for Lynn Redgrave.
Bedroom Farce is a 1975 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It had a London production at the National Theatre in 1977, transferring subsequently to the Prince of Wales Theatre . Plot summary
A Little Bit of Fluff is a British farce written by Walter W. Ellis which was first staged in 1915 and went on to have a long original run. [1] Starring Ernest Thesiger, it ran at the Criterion Theatre, London, between 1915–1918, for a total of 1241 performances. [2]
She's Done It Again is a 1969 comedy play by the British writer Michael Pertwee. A farce , it ran at the Garrick Theatre in London 's West End from 15 October 1969 to 23 May 1970. This marked a shorter run than any of the Whitehall farces that star Brian Rix had appeared in, although it received considerably better reviews.
Thark is a farce by the English playwright Ben Travers. It was first given at the Aldwych Theatre, London, the fourth in the series of twelve Aldwych farces presented at the theatre by the actor-manager Tom Walls between 1923 and 1933. It starred the same cast members as many of the other Aldwych farces.