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The Mystery of Irma Vep and Other Plays by Charles Ludlum

The Mystery of Irma Vep and Other Plays Charles Ludlum ebook
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Page: 300
ISBN: 9781559361736
Format: pdf

Reserve a room at the Historic Hutchinson House B&B and receive two free tickets to the show! On a “dark and stormy night,” Lady Enid arrives at an estate with her new husband, who is under the spell of his deceased first wife and haunted by something that's prowling the grounds. At the Paradise Center for the Arts in Faribault! In the night, where wolves howl and prowl the grounds, where an intruder breaks in and accosts Lady Enid, and where—in one of many statements of the obvious that this play tweaks—people are not always who they appear to be, or are not only who they appear to be. The latest show was the production “The Mystery of Irma Vep” which required the two characters, Sean Harris and Rich Hollman, to play 8 different roles and make 39 quick costume changes. During some transitions, one of the guys is backstage changing costumes and carrying on a conversation with the other. It's spooky, it's kooky and it's altogether fun – “The Mystery of Irma Vep – A Penny Dreadful” that is. It's a hilarious pa In this play alive with ideas -- about Byron, entropy, history and heat -- the human characters are never lost or diminished, but somehow made more real by their participation in a conversation that seems to span centuries. Two actors play 8 roles each and the result is uproarious, high-camp comedy! Each rôle's importance is partly what it is not— the characters have been constructed to be as disparate from each other as possible. Gothic Horror Spoof "The Mystery of Irma Vep" - A sympathetic werewolf, a vampire and an Egyptian princess brought back to life all join in the fun of "The Mystery of Irma Vep". RECOMMENDED The best direction is usually transparent; when a play is really working, you're not thinking about the director. Costumes emphasize this polarization. Eleven years ago, Arizona Theatre Company mounted Charles Ludlam's murder-mystery spoof “The Mystery of Irma Vep. Yes please, I'll have another cup.” “Yeah Both actors play several characters apiece (more than enumerated here). Sawyer-Dailey wielded the word "amateurish" and other similar sentiments far too often as a weapon of insult, as a cudgel of ridicule. The Ensemble Theatre has been putting out a number of good plays this year, and the final one for 2010 is the most entertaining of the lot, imho. Ludlam loved men dressed as women and he starred in many of his own plays as women. In short: Everyman Theater's current production of Charles Ludlam's The Mystery of Irma Vep is the most fun you can have indoors right now without having to go to confession immediately afterward. You are hereTheatre Reviews / Performances - alphabetically by show / The Mystery of Irma Vep Oh, we often work plays together.