By Georges Feydeau
Translated by Braham Murray and Robert
Cogo-Fawcett
Translated by Braham Murray and Robert
Cogo-Fawcett
Directed by Matthew Lloyd
27 June - 11 August
Monsieur Pontagnac adores women – respectable, married women especially. He cannot help but pursue them through the streets of Paris. His latest quarry, Lucienne, is proving more than a match: not only is she wooed by other suitors, she is his best friend’s wife, and worse, faithful to her husband. The esteemed Monsieur Vatelin would never give her cause to break her marriage vows would he? Secret assignations and rising passions lead all parties to a night of surprise and scandal at the racy Hotel Ultimus.
In Feydeau’s sparkling farce, Paris is the capital of stylish chic and uncontrollable lust. Husbands and wives, lovers and mistresses, are all in mad pursuit of pleasure with only one rule – don’t get caught in flagrante delicto.
Feydeau is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme masters of the farce. In THE FALL GUY he puts men and women and their marriage vows to the test – through a dizzying series of chance meetings, misunderstandings, complications and betrayals. This is brilliantly polished and very sexy comedy played at breakneck pace and carried to the height of hysterical perfection.
REVIEWS
'GLORIOUS' The Guardian
'HILARIOUS' The Metro
'An enjoyable summer frolic' The Guardian
'As diverting.. as a glass of champagne on a summer's
evening' The
Manchester Evening News
' A stylish production' The Guardian
'Classy - quintessential farce from an acknowledged
master' The Metro
CAST LIST
LUCIENNE VATELIN RACHEL PICKUP
CREPIN VATELIN DAVID FIELDER
PONTAGNAC CHOOK SIBTAIN
Mme PONTAGNAC + hotel guest DEBORAH CORNELIUS
ERNEST REDILLON BEN PORTER
GUDRUN SOLDIGNAC KATY CARMICHAEL
SOLDIGNAC + hotel guest MORGAN GEORGE
PINCHARD JOHN RINGHAM
Mme PINCHARD AMANDA BOXER
ARMANDINE + hotel guest LEXI STRAUSS
HOTEL MANAGER + GEROME + 2nd SUPERINTENDENT JOHN SOUTHWORTH
JEAN + VICTOR + 1st SUPERINTENDENT GARETH ABEL
CLARA + POLICE CONSTABLE ADELE PARRY
Director Matthew Lloyd
Designer Ashley Martin-Davis
Lighting Jason Taylor
Sound Scott Myers
Company Manager Louise Tischler
Stage Manager Mike Draper
Deputy Stage Manage r Lisa Williams
Assistant Stage Manager Ben Willets