A Mad World My Masters (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Oberon Books 4/1/2014, 2014
- Softcover
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A Mad World My Masters.
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- Title
- A Mad World My Masters (Paperback or Softback)
- Author
- Middleton, Thomas
- Publisher
- Oberon Books 4/1/2014
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Paperback or Softback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1783190191
- ISBN 13
- 9781783190195
- Item weight
- 0.25 pounds
Thomas Middleton’s outrageous ‘city comedy’: a brilliantly plotted, farcical satire of lies and lust, translated from Jacobean London to the Soho of the 1950s.
A dashingly impecunious bachelor, Dick Follywit, in need of quick cash and a good time has to live on his wits so turns con-man to fool his rich uncle. He variously becomes a Lord, a high-class call girl and a poor actor. Meanwhile, Truly Kidman, a high-class call girl – poor but quick-witted – needs to fool and then marry a rich young man…
Sean Foley and Phil Porter’s edited version of Middleton’s play is faithful to the original text but adapts it to fit the seedy world of 1950s Soho, updating character names and including songs of the time to enhance the biting satire of lust and deception in the life of Bohemian London.
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About the Author
Phil Porter is a multi-award-winning playwright and librettist. His work has been produced at Manchester Royal Exchange, Northampton Theatre Royal, The Unicorn Theatre and The Royal Opera House. His plays include Vice Versa (RSC), The Man With The Hammer (Plymouth Theatre Royal), The Christmas Truce (RSC), Blink (Soho/nabokov), The Cracks In My Skin (Manchester Royal Exchange, Bruntwood Award winner) and Stealing Sweets And Punching People (Theatre 503/Off-Broadway). Edits/adaptations include Moliere's The Miser (West End, with Sean Foley), Middleton's A Mad World, My Masters (RSC, with Sean Foley), Shakespeare's The Tempest (RSC/Little Angel) and Janos Hay's The Stonewatcher (National Theatre). Plays/libretti for young audiences include Moominsummer Madness (Polka/Northampton), The Flying Machine (Unicorn Theatre), Smashed Eggs (Pentabus, winner of Arts Council Children's Award) and Pinocchio (Royal Opera House).
Sean Foley’s recent theatre credits include The Ladykillers (Liverpool Playhouse/West End), currently on an extensive UK tour, and What The Butler Saw (Vaudeville).
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