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One Man, Two Guvnors

$13.00
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Full Length, Comedy
5 men, 3 women, 1 child
Total Cast: 9, Flexible Set
ISBN-13: 978-0-8222-2898-1

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MIN. PERFORMANCE FEE: $130 per performance. SPECIAL NOTE ON SONG: Sheet music for the song “Tomorrow Looks Good From Here,” composed by Grant Olding, is required for production. The required royalty fee for the use of the song is $10 per nonprofessional performance, and the total amount owed will be added to the license invoice automatically.
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: Additional music composed by Grant Olding for the original Broadway production is available for purchase with your license for $20.00 and will be distributed digitally. The additional music is not required. For more information, click here. The nonprofessional fee for use of the complete score is $15 per nonprofessional performance.
THE STORY: Brighton, England. 1963. Change is in the air, and Francis Henshall is looking to make his mark. Fired from a skiffle band and in search of work, he finds himself employed by small-time gangster Roscoe Crabbe, in town to collect a fee from his fiancee’s gangster father. But Roscoe is really Rachel, posing as her own dead brother, herself in love with Stanley Stubbers (her brother’s killer) who, in turn, becomes our hero’s other 'guvnor'. Fighting a mounting sense of confusion, Francis goes out of his way to serve both bosses. But with the distractions of a pneumatic book keeper, a self-important actor and select members of the criminal fraternity (not to mention his own mammoth appetite) to contend with, how long can he keep them apart? Richard Bean’s hilarious comedy received 5-star reviews from every London newspaper and was the hit of the 2012 Broadway season.
“Splendidly silly…satanic and seraphic, dirty-minded and utterly innocent.” —The New York Times.

“…lifts audiences from mere happiness to eye-watering, comic hysteria.” —Variety.

“The most glorious comedy on the planet.” —Daily Mail (UK).

“If you’re not having a good time at this show, you may be on the wrong medication.” —The Hollywood Reporter.