Back again much more quickly. This play is a lovely farce/ comedy called The Play's the Thing. It, like the Last one, came from Twenty Best European Plays On the American Stage. The play is written by one Ferenc Molnar. It also has the good fortune of being translated and adapted by P.G. Wodehouse so it is witty and VERY funny, and there are some great meta-theatrical moments.
It makes you want to see it as a film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It's about a three theatre people, a playwright and producer and their new composer/protege. They have arrived at a count's castle to raise money for the show and confer with their usual prima donna star. She is engaged to the composer. Things get a little crazy when they discover a former lover of the prima donna is also there to revisit old times. His appearance threatens the engagement and hence the upcoming production. The playwright conceives of a way out for everyone, he writes a play.
This is a great play. Talk about a show that needs to be re-staged. It has a light, playful tone and some fabulous double entendre's. The final scene is just great. I wish this play was easily obtained so that you all could read it. Maybe I'll just have to do a production of it.
It makes you want to see it as a film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It's about a three theatre people, a playwright and producer and their new composer/protege. They have arrived at a count's castle to raise money for the show and confer with their usual prima donna star. She is engaged to the composer. Things get a little crazy when they discover a former lover of the prima donna is also there to revisit old times. His appearance threatens the engagement and hence the upcoming production. The playwright conceives of a way out for everyone, he writes a play.
This is a great play. Talk about a show that needs to be re-staged. It has a light, playful tone and some fabulous double entendre's. The final scene is just great. I wish this play was easily obtained so that you all could read it. Maybe I'll just have to do a production of it.
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