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Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 4m
Norman Robbins
Pull the Other One by Norman Robbins
When Albert's mother-in-law Boadicea discovers a letter written to Albert from his friend Hilary she refuses to believe it is perfectly innocent or that Hilary is a man. Along comes Hilary in blonde wig and evening dress straight from his drag act at…
Albert Perkins is blessed with a loving wife, Muriel and cursed with a fearsome mother-in-law, Boadecia. When his friend Hilary Armitage writes to him reminiscing about the good times they used to have, Boadicea reads the letter and determines to remove her daughter instantly from the clutches of this evil sex-fiend. Albert has a hard time explaining that the letter is perfectly inncent, and anyway Hilary is a man. He isn't helped when Hilary turns up, wearing a blonde wig and a glamorous evening dress. By the time Hilary manages to explain he's come straight from doing his drag acts at the local pub, it's too late - Bodicea has bashed Albert with the poker. Further disasters are in store when Hilary, anxious to make amends for the trouble he has caused, tries to help Albert
First produced in 1977
Professional tour for The Proscenium Theatre Co Ltd in 1991
German translation 1986 – and TV
As of 2016 over 500 productions worldwide
BOADICEA - 60s
WILF - mid 60s
MURIEL - mid 30s
ALBERT - Mid 30s
VIRGINIA - (18 - 20)
HILARY - mid 30s
REV NOOKEY - 70s
Boadicea preferably should be of imposing stature or build, whilst the role of Albert works well with someone of smaller stature, though these characterisitics are not essential
"The fast paced comic farcial drama writted by Norman Robbins.......it was hilarious" – bdafrica (Nairobi) January 2008
"Within a few minutes of the curtain rising on the Norman Robbins play, Bembridge Little Theatre Club had the audience chuckling, which turned to belly laughs as this story unfolded" – Isle of Wight County Press April 2010
"This uproarous North Country comedy, cheerfully vulgar and with double entrends, was performe with engaging vim & vigour" – Lincolnshire Free Press
Norman Robbins, one of Amateur Theatre's most popular authors, wrote his first stage show almost 60 years ago whilst working for the Yorkshire Evening Post. An avid theatregoer from the age of three (his grandparents ran the pub near the local theatre so free tickets were al ...