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Our Man in Havana
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 1w, 3m
Graham Greene, Clive Francis
Our Man in Havana
Adapted by Clive Francis from the novel by Graham Greene
Jim Wormold, an under-employed vacuum cleaner salesman living in 1950s Cuba, is struggling to pay for his teenage daughter's increasingly e…
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Summary
Jim Wormold, an under-employed vacuum cleaner salesman living in 1950s Cuba, is struggling to pay for his teenage daughter's increasingly extravagantly lifestyle. So when the British Secret Service asks him to become their äóÖman in Havana' he can't afford to say no. There's just one problem: he doesn't know anything! To avoid suspicion he begins to recruit non-existent sub-agents, concocting a series of intricate fictions. But Wormold soon discovers that his stories are closer to the truth than he could have ever imagined ... In Clive Francis' adaptation, Graham Greene's classic satirical novel becomes a wonderfully funny and fast-moving romp.
- Time Period 1950s
- Setting Various simple settings
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- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.