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'Bill drives a clapped out '68 Jag and wears second hand clothes. He's an experienced theatre director on the verge of a nervous breakdown. There's less than 24 hours until the curtains go up and this production is unraveling...fast. Enter Jules, the latest fresh-faced television star of Murder Squad. He's the name that's going to sell the tickets. Without him the show is doomed. But when Jules fails to perform the simplest of acting tasks, Bill's raison d'etre becomes teaching his young pupil the very meaning of farce.'
Source: Malthouse Theatre Company website, www.malthousetheatre.com.au (Sighted 04/06/2009)
Production Details
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First produced at the Beckett Theatre by Malthouse Theatre, 6 June 2009. Directed by Aidan Fennessy.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Farce Delivers Knock-Out Performance
2011
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 April 2011; (p. 8) -
Lessons in Comedy Yield Plenty of Mirth
2011
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 April 2011; (p. 28)
— Review of A Commercial Farce 2009 single work drama -
It's a Funny Old Life
2011
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 March 2011; (p. 15-16) -
Theatrical High-Wire Act Played for Tragi-Comic Laughs
2011
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 March 2011; (p. 9)
— Review of A Commercial Farce 2009 single work drama -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 6 March 2011; (p. 13)
— Review of A Commercial Farce 2009 single work drama
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Acute Diagnosis of Art's Ills Calls for Livelier Treatment
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 June 2009; (p. 19)
— Review of A Commercial Farce 2009 single work drama -
Theatre
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 June 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of A Commercial Farce 2009 single work drama ; Tom the Loneliest 2009 single work drama -
Playwright and Performer Whose Foolery Fits the Bill
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 12 June 2009; (p. 10)
— Review of A Commercial Farce 2009 single work drama -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 6 March 2011; (p. 13)
— Review of A Commercial Farce 2009 single work drama -
Theatrical High-Wire Act Played for Tragi-Comic Laughs
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 March 2011; (p. 9)
— Review of A Commercial Farce 2009 single work drama -
A Farce to Be Reckoned With
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 2 June 2009; (p. 17) -
It's a Funny Old Life
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 March 2011; (p. 15-16) -
Farce Delivers Knock-Out Performance
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 April 2011; (p. 8)
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