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Codpieces
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4f, 4m
Perry Pontac
Codpieces
by Perry Pontac
"The work is speedy, poetic, urgent and electrifying ... The trial and execution of the Ceausescus is done as a sickening revue sketch, an indicator of the double-edged, sceptical tone throughout. A triumph! The future of our theatre, if not that of Romania, is secure." - Observer
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Cast Size
4f, 4m -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Shakespeare), Parody/Spoof
Details
Summary
"To be or not to be?" may be The Question, but it is not the only one. Hamlet Part II, for example, answers a question about Hamlet that has plagued scholars, readers and playgoers for over four hundred years: "What happened next?" Prince Lear addresses yet another question:"What took place just before the start of King Lear, setting in motion the improbable events of Act I, Scene 1?" And in Fatal Loins, the question answered by the play is directly posed in the prologue: "If Juliet and Romeo survive/Will their eternal passion stay alive?" Please see the individual entries for more details.
- Time Period 16th Century/Elizabethan
- Features Period Costumes
Media
"The plays of Perry Pontac have been a well-kept secret on BBC radio for far too long ... but it's only with Codpeices, comprising three of Pontac's Shakespearean parodies, that they now find their way into print. Nobody else is doing this. They should be seen" - Alan Bennett
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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