A Mad World My Masters by Thomas Middleton

A Mad World My Masters by Thomas Middleton

Thomas Middleton's Jacobean comedy updated to hilarious effect and transplanted into 1960s Soho. Edited by Sean Foley and Phil Porter.

..faithful to the smut, the wit, the bad puns and the general rumbustiousness of the city comedy - it's fun (and other things) with a capital F. * Financial Times *
An uproarious success akin to One Man, Two Guvnors... Foley (and his co-adaptor, Phil Porter) have most artfully edited, shortened and tweaked the gorgeously gamey Jacobean language of the original, putting a modern Carry On Gulling-style spin on the proceedings. * Independent *
Foley takes this tale of an unseemly scramble for sex and money in London of 1605, and transposes it, hilariously, to Fifties Soho...sections of the audience were left gasping at the ingenuity of it all. * Daily Mail ***** *
The play offers an ingeniously dovetailed double plot - the genius of Middleton's satire on a world obsessed by money and sex shines through * Guardian *

Thomas Middleton was a prolific and successful English Jacobean playwright and poet. A contemporary of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Middleton wrote over 30 plays, including A Mad World, My Masters, which was first performed in 1606.

Phil Porter's recent plays include Blink (Soho Theatre), the Bruntwood Award-winning The Cracks in My Skin (Manchester Royal Exchange) and Stealing Sweets and Punching People (Theatre 503 and Off-Broadway). For the RSC he wrote Here Lies Mary Spindler (performed at Latitude Festival). He is currently working on a new play for the RSC.

Sean Foley's recent theatre credits include The Ladykillers (Liverpool Playhouse/West End), currently on an extensive UK tour and What the Butler Saw (Vaudeville)

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9781783190195
ISBN 10	1783190191
Titel	A Mad World My Masters
Autor	Thomas Middleton
Serie	Oberon Modern Plays
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Erscheinungsjahr	2013-06-06
Seitenanzahl	88
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.