We here at NC Stage love farce. Last year we had Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw, and in our earlier years we produced Loot, also by Orton. The first play Scott & Charlie ever performed in together was one of Marc Camoletti's other famous plays, Don't Dress for Dinner. Both are fans of the genre and have keen acting skills for farce. So, today, we have a little treat: I've asked Charlie to interview Scott about farce and why they both love it. Enjoy!
from the 'Bedroom farce' Wikipedia article:
"Boeing Boeing is a classic French farce for the stage by Marc Camoletti. Monopolizing on most of the conventions of farce's canon, it concerns a Parisian playboy bachelor with three international stewardess fiancées he secretly keeps in careful rotation until their flight schedules change and he, along with his provincial friend and sassy maid, must keep them from finding out about each other. Lucky they have enough doors in the apartment to keep the girls unwittingly flitting about for two hours."
Do you like farce?
Do you have any favorite farces?
Do you want more farce? Let us know!
Charlie, FYI, "Come Sah" is a new farce. It's hinges on accents, and how local dialects can change or distort the meaning of something, as in "I already done come sah Boeing-Boeing last week at the Theee-at-er." In previews it was actually called "Come See/Come Saw" but they decided it was cumbersome and obvious, hence the title change.
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I LOVE farce. I appeared in and later directed "See How They Run," which was a blast, and physical comedy was my specialty when I was a young actor and director. It seems to be a genre that playwrights have abandoned lately, probably because it is hard as heck to write one. Maybe this resurgence will lead to more farces being written. Hope so!
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