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A SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. TITLE
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 6w, 11m
THE CAMEMBERT CAPER Based on the original BBC TV series written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft Adapted by David Pibworth, David Lovesy and Steve Clark
Based on the hugely popular TV comedy series, this sequel to the popular stage production of ’Allo ’Allo continues the adventures of reluctant resistance hero and harassed café owner, René Artois, in German-occupied wartime France. It features many of your favourite characters from the TV series and original stage play.
Still trying to repatriate a pair of British airmen, René, his wife Edith and their café waitresses, Mimi and Yvette, are embroiled in yet another complicated and life-threatening scheme. General Von Klinkerhoffen demands a fortune in francs in recompense for the loss of the infamous painting of ‘The Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies’, and René is expected to come up with the cash.
But nothing is ever easy. The local undertaker, Monsieur Alphonse, is making advances on Edith. René’s mother-in-law, Fanny, objects to the radio used to communicate with London being hidden under her bed. No one can understand what Officer Crabtree (the British agent disguised as a Policeman) is saying. Michelle of the Resistance has a series of increasingly hare-brained proposals. Herr Flick of the Gestapo, Colonel Von Strohm and Captain Geering all have their own plans to get hold of the money, and Lieutenant Gruber still wants to take René away for a ride in his little tank… The cash, a set of forged notes and a bomb all end up hidden in identical camembert cheeses. What could possibly go wrong?
THE FRENCH
RENÉ ARTOIS – Male, our hero. A café owner in war-torn France EDITH ARTOIS – Female, René’s wife MONSIEUR ALPHONSE – Male, an elderly but wealthy funeral director MADAM FANNY LA FAN – Female, the bed-ridden, elderly mother of Edith YVETTE CARTE-BLANCHE – Female, a waitress MIMI LABONQ – Female, another (shorter) waitress MICHELLE DUBOIS – Female, an agent for the French Resistance MONSIEUR LECLERC – Male, the Resistance’s forger and master of disguise
THE GERMANS
GENERAL VON KLINKERHOFFEN – Male, the ruthless commander of the district COLONEL VON STROHM – Male, Commandant of the town of Nouvien CAPTAIN GEERING – Male, aide to the Colonel LIEUTENANT GRUBER – Male, a (camp) German tank officer HERR FLICK – Male, head of the local Gestapo PRIVATE HELGA – Female, secretary to the Colonel and lover of Herr Flick
THE BRITISH
OFFICER CRABTREE – Male, a British agent (disguised as a Policeman) FLIGHT LIEUTENANT FAIRFAX – Male, a British airman requiring repatriation FLIGHT LIEUTENANT CARSTAIRS – Male, a second British airman RADIO VOICE – Male/Female, the voice of SOE in London RADIO VOICE #2 – Male/Female, a second radio voice. Johnson’s tailors in Wimbledon
THE ENSEMBLE
SUPPORTING CHORUS – Male/Female GERMAN SOLDIERS, MEMBERS OF THE RESISTANCE AND ASSORTED FRENCH PEASANTS
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