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One night only. Wimbledon Theatre. Sunday night. Norman Wisdom. Norman Wisdom The death of Benny Hill prompts this comedy about impotence, sex therapy and the English sense of humour. Eleanor wants what Richard won't give her. Richard wants to be left in peace. Benny would rather rest in peace, but for tonight, at least, his fans won't let him. Dead Funny premiered at the Hampstead Theatre London in January 1994.
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A blazing theatrical event, a single piece of stunning energy and invention, Johnson combines wild laughter with terrible pain. At times you're not sure whether the tears running down your cheeks are because the piece is so funny or because it is so sad
Daily Telegraph
Johnson has written another dazzlingly equivocal piece: one that questions the dubious sexual values of the great English drolls while invoking their hallowed memories and methods ... He pushes the frontiers of farce into areas of real pain ... An exhilarating play that is part custard-pie tragedy, part inquiring elegy for a vanishing music-hall tradition based on the principle that a dirty mind is a joy forever
Guardian
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"A blazing theatrical event, a single piece of stunning energy and invention, Johnson combines wild laughter with terrible pain. At times you're not sure whether the tears running down your cheeks are because the piece is so funny or because it is so sad" - Daily Telegraph
"Johnson has written another dazzlingly equivocal piece: one that questions the dubious sexual values of the great English drolls while invoking their hallowed memories and methods ... He pushes the frontiers of farce into areas of real pain ... An exhilarating play that is part custard-pie tragedy, part inquiring elegy for a vanishing music-hall tradition based on the principle that a dirty mind is a joy forever" - Guardian
A blazing theatrical event, a single piece of stunning energy and invention, Johnson combines wild laughter with terrible pain. At times you're not sure whether the tears running down your cheeks are because the piece is so funny or because it is so sad
Daily Telegraph
Johnson has written another dazzlingly equivocal piece: one that questions the dubious sexual values of the great English drolls while invoking their hallowed memories and methods ... He pushes the frontiers of farce into areas of real pain ... An exhilarating play that is part custard-pie tragedy, part inquiring elegy for a vanishing music-hall tradition based on the principle that a dirty mind is a joy forever
Guardian
Terry Johnson's previous plays for the Royal Court are Hitchcock Blonde, Hysteria and Insignificance. Other work includes an adaptation of The Graduate (Gielguld Theatre), Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle And Dick (National Theatre/winner Olivier Award for Best Comedy 1998), an adaptation of The London Cuckolds (National Theatre), Dead Funny (Hampstead Theatre/Vaudville/Tour/winner Critic Circle Award for Best Play, Time Out Drama Award 1994), Imagine Drowning (Hampstead/winner of the John Whiting Award 1991), Cries From The Mammal House (Leicester Haymarket/Royal Court), Unsuitable For Adults (Bush).
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- PublisherBloomsbury 3PL
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0413683400
- ISBN 13 9780413683403
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- Number of pages112
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