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. Mar 20, 2015 run for your wife by ray cooney, 97805731833, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. 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. 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. He lives with stephanie sarah harding in finsbury and michelle denise van outen in stockwell. Run for your wife promises nonstop laughter at myers dinner theatre.
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. Ray cooney began his theatrical career as a boy actor in song of norway at the palace theatre in 1946. 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. Actors and actresses who played in run for you wife in londons west end during its nine year run. Fortunately, for john, hes a taxi driver which involves varying shift work.
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. 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. Ingersoll theatre of performing arts presents the comedy by ray cooney. This superb example of the british farce had audiences rolling in the aisles in london and new york. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. When he doesnt come home, his wife stephanie sarah harding calls the police and so does his other wife michelle denise van outen. 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. It is, quite simply, the funniest thing that i have ever seen. At 14, he appeared in song of norway at the palace theatre, london, before joining. Written by masteroffarce ray cooney and directed by 50year theatre. 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. 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.
Ray cooney was born on may 30, 1932 in london, england as raymond george alfred cooney. Run for your wife by creative playmyplay watch 300 hit. 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. Mea maxima culpa, ray cooney, marianne elliott bbc. Caught in the net is actually a sequel to cooneys popular run for your wife that ran in london for 9 years. Order of the british empire in the 2005 queens new years honours list for his services to drama. Feb 05, 20 director ray cooney interview run for your wife world premiere. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his irregular work schedule. Run for your wife as funny as leprosy the independent. Run for your wife by ray cooney, is a british farce set in london in 1983. 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. The 20 film run for your wife is an adaption of the 1980s ray cooney stage farce of the same name.
Alls well until an accident interrupts his busy schedule and the forces of law and order become involved. Carpenter square presented run for your wife in 1993 and the pollard theatre most recently performed it in 2003. This superb example of the british farce had audiences rolling in. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his. He flits between the two wives too easily until one day a policeman arrives. The story concerns john smith, a taxi driver and bigamist. Run for your wife by creative playmyplay watch 300. Run for your wife by ray cooney, 97805731833, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. 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. 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.
One of his biggest hits, run for your wife, written in 1982 ran at the west end in london for 9 years. Ray cooney celebrity profile check out the latest ray cooney photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. He has a lovely wife and a perfect existence in streatham and a lovely wife and a perfect existence in wimbledon. 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 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. Run for your wife, its ray cooneys youtube channel film. Sep 03, 2005 ray cooney, 73, was born in london and is best known for writing the farces run for your wife and funny money. Produced by special arrangement with samuel french, inc.
Caught in the net is actually a sequel to cooney s popular run for your wife that ran in london for 9. Join stageagent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Wall calendar 20192020 by smartpanda monthly desk calendar from july 2019 through december 2020 one month to view 33cm x 43cm. 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. 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. No refund theatre to perform run for your wife archives. Run for your wife a comedy acting edition cooney, ray on. 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. A bigamist taxi driver finds his covert lifestyle threatened with discovery. Most recently run for your wife from october to late november 2019. The critics have had their claws out for ray cooneys film adaptation of his successful stage farce run for your wife. 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.
John smith danny dyer has been happily involved in a. Run for your wife by ray cooney 1 set, 6 males, 2 females. 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. John smith is a london taxi driver who happens to have two wives and a very tight schedule to keep. Ray cooney published by samuel french ltd 9780573019753. Stockton civic theatre presents its 361st main stage production. Ray cooney is thought to be englands answer to neil simon.
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. 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. I didnt find any part of the play boring or even annoying. 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. Download our free nook app escape into a good book things to do at home next. Ray cooneys classic bedroom farce, run for your wife. The sequel to ray cooneys 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.
Run for your wife 6 male, 2 female ray cooney published by samuel french ltd 97805731833. Director ray cooney interview run for your wife world premiere. John smith is a taxi driver and very ordinary except that he has two wives. 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. 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. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Ray says he keeps fit, partly by swimming, playing tennis and gardening but mainly, by appearing in his own hectic plays. Sep 26, 2016 run for your wife by ray cooney, is a british farce set in london in 1983.
I also learned that i loved the play and told myself that i would like to direct it again some day, and then along came run for your wife. He is a writer and actor, known for run for your wife 2012, not now darling 1973 and not now, comrade 1976. The play explores numerous issues ranging from ethics, polygamy, and faithfulness to the aesthetics of british culture in the. And he flits between streatham and wimbledon a distance of only 2 miles like an oversexed bumble bee. I was lucky enough to see run for your wife on stage in london several times, starring ray cooney himself. Lots of fun for those of us who havent really thought about that music for a while, but still cant help but. Run for your wife a comedy acting edition ray cooney on. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his irregular. John smith danny dyer has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. 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.
A british farce written by english playwright ray cooney comes to campus this weekend. 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. It was the story of john smith, a london taxi driver with two wives in. Reading it isnt half as much fun as watching it, so try to persuade your local community theatre or high school to produce it. Director ray cooney interview run for your wife world. With danny dyer, denise van outen, sarah harding, neil morrissey. 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. Performed by the melbourne french theatre company in 2008, entirely in french. Run for your wife is a 1983 comedy play by ray cooney. Get us in your inbox sign up to our newsletter for the latest and greatest from your city and beyond. Run for your wife a comedy by ray cooney, paperback.
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