OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Sean Foley 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Francis Veber

• Author Notes

  A new adaptation of Veber's 1971 farce 'Le Contrat' (1971)

• Setting

  A boutique hotel, the present day (2011)

• Synopsis

  Dudley is suicidal. And why not? He's Swindon's seventeenth best news photographer, dresses in casualwear, and sings 'Lady in Red' as spiritual salvation. Oh, and his wife just left him. He decides there is only one escape from his pain.

  Ralph is at ease with the world. And why not? He's the best there is, calls himself 'John Smith', dresses in Armani, and carries a Heckler and Koch PSG1 sniper rifle. But you'd never know. If forced to speak, he would say that he's in the business of 'pain removal'.

  Two men. Two lonely hotel rooms.

  An adjoining door...

  On any other day Dudley would have successfully ended things. On any other day Ralph would have successfully ended someone.

  But not today... Today's different...

  A new adaptation of Veber's popular 1970s farce.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  1

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  23 September 2011

• Producer

  Produced by Lyric Theatre

• Original Venue

  Lyric Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was provided by the Lyric Theatre.