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When the Cat's Away

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w, 2m

Brian Cooke, Johnnie Mortimer

This uproarious sex farce, based on a wildly successful British sitcom, involves two philandering husbands and their botched attempt to host a pair of young ladies while their wives are on holiday.

When the Cat's Away

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 2m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Based on a massively popular British sitcom, this riotously funny play is classic British sex farce. When Mildred and Ethel go off on a trip to Paris, leaving their husbands Pomfrey and George at home, the "mice will play". Egged on by the philandering Humphrey Pomfrey, George agrees to invite two charming young ladies over. You know already what happens, don't you? The wives come home prematurely, and hilarity ensues as the complications pile up. 
History
When the Cat's Away premiered at the Pier Theatre, Bournemouth, in June 1977. The production featured Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy, Dilys Laye, Reginald Marsh, Sue Bond and Roseanne Wickes.
Keywords
Performing Groups
  • Time Period 1970s
  • Setting The Ropers' house in Hampton Wick. A Saturday in summer.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“Unbridled laughter, by the theatre load!” – Brisbane Telegraph

“The audience screamed with laughter as the farcical comedy events unfolded. The plot is simple and slight risqué, with machine gun-quick repartee. Unbridled laughter, by the theatre load.” – Brisbane Telegraph

“An amusing evening.” – The Middlesex Chronicle

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Authors

Author

Brian Cooke

Johnnie Mortimer

Johnnie Mortimer

Originally a cartoonist, Johnnie Mortimer teamed up with fellow cartoonist Brian Cooke and started to write for radio, notably Men From the Ministry, Round the Horne and Stop Messing About. Soon thereafter they started writing for television, devising and writing series, incl ...

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