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Rumours

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  5w, 4m

Rumours (The British Version)
by Neil Simon

The British version of one of Neil Simon's most celebrated comedies.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

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Summary
Please note, this is the British version of the American original, one of Neil Simon's most celebrated comedies. Ken and Chris have found their host Charley, a prominent Government official, in his bedroom, too dazed to speak, with a bullet wound in his ear lobe! Len and Claire arrive, themselves injured in a car crash, and are soon joined by Ernest and Cookie, Glenn and Cassie, each with their own problems. A second, accidental, gunshot leaves Ken temporarily deaf, the police arrive and Len has to pretend he is Charley, concocting a touching and fantastic explanation...
Keywords
M4 (40, 50) F5 (30s, 40s).
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A living-room
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

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Neil Simon

American playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon (1927-2018) is widely regarded as one of the most successful, prolific and performed playwrights in theatre history. In addition to Lost In Yonkers, which won a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, his plays and musicals include Come ...

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