The Play That Goes Wrong

The Play That Goes Wrong

Part of Goes Wrong Collection

2012•1h 45m•8.0/10

Comedy

Ratings

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8.0/10(2)

The play in question, at the centre of its conceit, is titled The Murder At Haversham Manor; purporting to have been written by Susie H.K. Brideswell, in reality, a fictional author, and performed by the equally fictional Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, it’s a 1920s murder mystery comedy that opens with the slaying of Charles Haversham on the night of his engagement to Florence Colleymoore. The CPDS are gamely attempting to do it justice, but suffice to say they put the amateur in ‘amateur theatre company’, and the result is slapstick and farce.

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Production

Mischief Theatre Ltd

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Henry Shields

Henry Shields

Chris Bean

Henry Lewis

Henry Lewis

Robert Grove

Jonathan Sayer

Jonathan Sayer

Dennis Tyde

Charlie Russell

Charlie Russell

Sandra Wilkinson

Nancy Zamit

Nancy Zamit

Annie Twilloil

Dave Hearn

Dave Hearn

Max Bennett

Greg Tannahill

Greg Tannahill

Jonathan Harris

Rob Falconer

Rob Falconer

Trevor Watson

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