A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his. Such is the tale told in ray cooneys run for your wife, brilliantly directed at a breakneck pace by gary robbins at the torrance theatre company through october 12. Run for your wife by ray cooney 1 set, 6 males, 2 females. The play explores numerous issues ranging from ethics, polygamy, and faithfulness to the aesthetics of british culture in the. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his irregular. The play explores numerous issues ranging from ethics, polygamy, and faithfulness to the. The story concerns john smith, a taxi driver and bigamist. Ray cooney was born on may 30, 1932 in london, england as raymond george alfred cooney. Wall calendar 20192020 by smartpanda monthly desk calendar from july 2019 through december 2020 one month to view 33cm x 43cm. Actors and actresses who played in run for you wife in londons west end during its nine year run.
Aug 01, 1984 with the comedy play run for your wife, i think the comedy as a whole was a well written play that kept the attention of the reader at all times. I was lucky enough to see run for your wife on stage in london several times, starring ray cooney himself. Feb 05, 20 director ray cooney interview run for your wife world premiere. Run for your wife a comedy by ray cooney, paperback. Sep 26, 2016 run for your wife by ray cooney, is a british farce set in london in 1983. One of his biggest hits, run for your wife, written in 1982 ran at the west end in london for 9 years. Ray cooney began his theatrical career as a boy actor in song of norway at the palace theatre in 1946. John smith danny dyer has been happily involved in a. I didnt find any part of the play boring or even annoying. Mea maxima culpa, ray cooney, marianne elliott bbc.
I think it had great humor which helped with the whole process of reading it and finding it enjoyable to read at the same time. The critics have had their claws out for ray cooneys film adaptation of his successful stage farce run for your wife. Ray cooneys classic bedroom farce, run for your wife. Alls well until an accident interrupts his busy schedule and the forces of law and order become involved. Produced by special arrangement with samuel french, inc.
And he flits between streatham and wimbledon a distance of only 2 miles like an oversexed bumble bee. Run for your wife ray cooneys run for your wife through philosophical inquiry run for your wife is a british farce written by ray cooney who also played the main protagonist, john smith, in the play in theater performances in britain in the 1980s. In february 20, the film of his most successful play run for your wife, directed by ray, had its world premiere at the odeon in londons leicester square and is now available on dvd. He played in dry rot and simple spymen and then began a writing career which, to date, has sent eighteen plays to the west end including. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his irregular work schedule. Caught in the net is actually a sequel to cooney s popular run for your wife that ran in london for 9.
Run for your wife, which stars danny dyer and dame judi dench, was released on valentines day, with a trailer heralding it as the laugh out loud film of the year. On set interview with the legendary ray cooney for run for your wife the movie we catch the legendary king of farce and writerdirector of run for your wife on set for a quick interview about his first movie of a play already running fo. Join stageagent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Ray cooneys sequel to run for your wife is fantastic it is an intelligently written and wellacted farce that shows cooney has not lost any of his magic. It is, quite simply, the funniest thing that i have ever seen. It was the story of john smith, a london taxi driver with two wives in. Order of the british empire in the 2005 queens new years honours list for his services to drama. Fortunately, for john, hes a taxi driver which involves varying shift work. Ray cooney s fastpaced farce was nominated for the 2002 olivier britains tony award and the 2001 evening standard awards for best new comedy, and carpenter square theatre is staging its oklahoma premiere. John smith is a london taxi driver who happens to have two wives and a very tight schedule to keep.
Ingersoll theatre of performing arts presents the comedy by ray cooney. A british farce written by english playwright ray cooney comes to campus this weekend. Ray cooney celebrity profile check out the latest ray cooney photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. He lives with stephanie sarah harding in finsbury and michelle denise van outen in stockwell. Run for your wife by ray cooney, 97805731833, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Caught in the net is actually a sequel to cooneys popular run for your wife that ran in london for 9 years. Run for your wife promises nonstop laughter at myers dinner theatre.
Run for your wife ray cooney s run for your wife through philosophical inquiry run for your wife is a british farce written by ray cooney who also played the main protagonist, john smith, in the play in theater performances in britain in the 1980s. Run for your wife is a 1983 comedy play by ray cooney. Stockton civic theatre presents its 361st main stage production. Run for your wife opened on broadway at the virginia theatre on march 7, 1989, directed by and starring ray cooney himself as taxi driver john smith, and featuring kay walbye as his wimbledon wife, hilary labow as his streatham wife, gareth hunt and dennis ramsden as the police sergeants, and paxton whitehead as smiths friend and accomplice. It is difficult to make a film of a stage farce, as there isnt the same urgency, timing and quick pace in a film as in a stage farce, also a long time in one scene setting can prove boring on film. He flits between the two wives too easily until one day a policeman arrives.
This superb example of the british farce had audiences rolling in. A bigamist taxi driver finds his covert lifestyle threatened with discovery. Carpenter square presented run for your wife in 1993 and the pollard theatre most recently performed it in 2003. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The sequel to run for your wife finds our bigamist taxidriver, john smith, still keeping both his families one in wimbledon and one in streatham happy and blissfully unaware of each other however. The 20 film run for your wife is an adaption of the 1980s ray cooney stage farce of the same name. No refund theatre to perform run for your wife archives. Run for your wife is a ukmade 2012 film, based on the theatre farce run for your wife, written by ray cooney, who along with john luton also directed the film.
He has a lovely wife and a perfect existence in streatham and a lovely wife and a perfect existence in wimbledon. Run for your wife as funny as leprosy the independent. Run for your wife, its ray cooneys youtube channel film. Aug 30, 2014 run for your wife, its ray cooneys youtube channel ray has all the cosy charm of a favourite uncle, and he delights in deploying jokes from a comic arsenal eight decades in the making. The no refund theatre performance of the comedy, run for your wife, deals with a character named john smith who lives in london and drives a taxicab. John smith is a very ordinary taxi driver except that he has two wives, one in streatham and one in wimbledona distance of two miles. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Following a period in repertory theatres around the uk, he joined the brian rix company at the whitehall theatre and it was during this period he began his writing career including the west end hits move over mrs markham, run for your wife, two into one, out of order, it runs in the family. Run for your wife 6 male, 2 female ray cooney published by samuel french ltd 97805731833. To put the audience in the mood, tunes by such iconic 80s bands as thompson twins, abc and men at work, waft through the theater as they take their seats. The adapted play story revolves a delhi cab driver harry chaddha, with two wives, two lives and a very precise schedule for juggling them both, with one wife at home in tilak nagar and another at home. Mar 20, 2015 run for your wife by ray cooney, 97805731833, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ray cooney is thought to be englands answer to neil simon. Run for your wife plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.
Upon release the film was savaged by critics and has been referred to as one of the worst films of all time, after it grossed just. Writer and director ray cooney, who is now 80, talks about creating a film version of his most successful farce, run for your wife, which ran for eight years on the london stage. Run for your wife by creative playmyplay watch 300. Ray cooney published by samuel french ltd 9780573019753. This superb example of the british farce had audiences rolling in the aisles in london and new york. When smith is involved in a mugging, it is discovered that he is living a double life. His wives love him because hes the sweetest, most lovable and cheerful husband in the world.
Ray cooney, 73, was born in london and is best known for writing the farces run for your wife and funny money. Get us in your inbox sign up to our newsletter for the latest and greatest from your city and beyond. Taxi driver john smith danny dyer is the happiest man in the world until one night, while saving a bag lady judi dench from muggers, hes knocked unconscious. Download our free nook app escape into a good book things to do at home next. Ray cooney s film version of his multiaward winning, recordbreaking stage play, run for your wife continues to play with great success at cinemas around the uk and is still receiving many new bookings going forward into april. Ray taxi driver john smith danny dyer is the happiest man in the world until one night, while saving a bag lady judi dench from muggers, hes knocked unconscious. Known as the master of farce, ray cooney is a prolific playwright whose comedies have been performed worldwide and have been translated into more than 40 languages including chinese, japanese, russian and hindi. A sequel to the smash hit run for your wife is set to make audiences at limelight theatre cry with laughter all over again. An indian adaptation of ray cooneys internationally acclaimed play run for your wife. John smith is a taxi driver and very ordinary except that he has two wives.
With the comedy play run for your wife, i think the comedy as a whole was a well written play that kept the attention of the reader at all times. With danny dyer, denise van outen, sarah harding, neil morrissey. Run for your wife by creative playmyplay watch 300 hit. Director ray cooney interview run for your wife world. Feb 12, 20 writer and director ray cooney, who is now 80, talks about creating a film version of his most successful farce, run for your wife, which ran for eight years on the london stage. Run for your wife by ray cooney is a comedy about a guy with more wives than sense. Written by masteroffarce ray cooney and directed by 50year theatre. Authors ray cooney venue royal alexandra theatre show run june 25, 1984 august 18, 1984 producer director paul elliott, the theatre of comedy ray cooney genre comedy cast robin nedwell, eric sykes, derek griffiths. John smith danny dyer has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. The critics have had their claws out for ray cooneys film adaptation of his successful stage farce run for your wife our critic branded it a catastrophe another called it as funny as. Most recently run for your wife from october to late november 2019. Run for your wife, its ray cooneys youtube channel ray has all the cosy charm of a favourite uncle, and he delights in deploying jokes from a comic arsenal eight decades in the making. Run for your wife a comedy acting edition cooney, ray on. Run for your wife a comedy acting edition ray cooney on.
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