There Goes the Bride

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THERE GOES THE BRIDE RAY COONEY AND JOHN CHAPMAN Both Ray Cooney and John Chapman have enjoyed extensive and diverse careers in the theatre, spanning writing, directing and acting. Together they have written the highly successful farces Not Now Darling, Move Over Mrs Markham, My Giddy Aunt and There Goes The Bride. Individually they alsó have many successes to their credit. As weil as writing or co-writing One For The Pot, Chase Me Comrade, Run For Your Wife, Two Into One and It Runs In The Family, Ray Cooney has presented over thirty theatre productions. In 1982 hefulfilled a long-standing ambition and founded the famous Theatre of Comedy, consequently becoming its artistic director. John Chapman initially trained as an actor before turning to writing. Following the resounding success of his first play, Dry Rot, he decided to concentrate on his writing, resulting in a string of hits including Simple Spymanf The Brides of March, Diplomatic Baggage and Oh Clarence. He has alsó... Tovább

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THERE GOES THE BRIDE RAY COONEY AND JOHN CHAPMAN Both Ray Cooney and John Chapman have enjoyed extensive and diverse careers in the theatre, spanning writing, directing and acting. Together they have written the highly successful farces Not Now Darling, Move Over Mrs Markham, My Giddy Aunt and There Goes The Bride. Individually they alsó have many successes to their credit. As weil as writing or co-writing One For The Pot, Chase Me Comrade, Run For Your Wife, Two Into One and It Runs In The Family, Ray Cooney has presented over thirty theatre productions. In 1982 hefulfilled a long-standing ambition and founded the famous Theatre of Comedy, consequently becoming its artistic director. John Chapman initially trained as an actor before turning to writing. Following the resounding success of his first play, Dry Rot, he decided to concentrate on his writing, resulting in a string of hits including Simple Spymanf The Brides of March, Diplomatic Baggage and Oh Clarence. He has alsó written extensively for television. When harrassed advertising executive Timothy Westerby hits his head on the morning of his daughter's society wedding, he awakes to find himself in the company of Polly Perkins, a 1920's Flapper girl straight out of his current advertising campaign. It soon becomes all too clear that no-one else can see or hear her, and when another bump on the head transports Timothy back to 1926 and the Savoy Hotel, the wedding preparations disintegrate into chaos as friends and family attempt to lead Timothy back to reality and his daughter down the aisle before the newly arrived 'In-Laws' abandon the wedding. "A fiendishly clever farce that gets madder and funnier as it goes along." Daily Mirror "The spirit of true farce takes over." The Times Vissza