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Good evening, I'm Inspector Carter. Take my case. This must be Charles Haversham! I'm sorry, this must've given you all a damn shockThe original version of the global hit play created by Mischief.After benefiting from a large and sudden inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embark on producing an ambitious 1920s murder mystery. Hilarious disaster ensues and the cast start to crack under the pressure. Can they get the production back on track before the final curtain falls?This one-act version of Mischief's world famous The Play That Goes Wrong originally premiered at the Old Red LionTheatre in London in 2012. Since then, the expanded two-act version has taken the world by storm and has been performed in over 35 countries across 5 continents, winning multiple awards including the WhatsOnStage and Olivier Award for Best New Comedy plus a Tony and Drama Desk Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play.This edition feature

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A gut busting hit * New York Times *
It's as though The Mousetrap has been taken over by 'Monty Python' * WhatsOnStage *
A masterpiece of malfunction * Times of London *

The OneAct Play That Goes Wrong

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 3 December 2020
      ISBN-13 9781350238848
      978-1350238848
      ISBN-10 1350238848
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      Poetry ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: plays and playwrights

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Good evening, I'm Inspector Carter. Take my case. This must be Charles Haversham! I'm sorry, this must've given you all a damn shockThe original version of the global hit play created by Mischief.After benefiting from a large and sudden inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embark on producing an ambitious 1920s murder mystery. Hilarious disaster ensues and the cast start to crack under the pressure. Can they get the production back on track before the final curtain falls?This one-act version of Mischief's world famous The Play That Goes Wrong originally premiered at the Old Red LionTheatre in London in 2012. Since then, the expanded two-act version has taken the world by storm and has been performed in over 35 countries across 5 continents, winning multiple awards including the WhatsOnStage and Olivier Award for Best New Comedy plus a Tony and Drama Desk Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play.This edition feature

      Trade Review
      A gut busting hit * New York Times *
      It's as though The Mousetrap has been taken over by 'Monty Python' * WhatsOnStage *
      A masterpiece of malfunction * Times of London *

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