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Wedding of the Year
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 6w, 4m
Alison Murchison is the last sort of a girl one would visualize as a heroine she's fat, straight haired and wears glasses. But her Uncle Frank decides to make her one by entering her as a prospective candidate for a "Wedding of the Year" competition. He selects a designer to create her wedding dre…
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Cast Size
6w, 4m -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Farce, Romantic Comedy -
Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Details
Summary
Alison, a straight-haired, bespectacled girl, is the last person one would visualise as a heroine, but Uncle Frank decides to make her on by entering her as a prospective candidate for a Wedding of the Year competition – selecting a designer to create her wedding dress even before he has found her a suitable husband. His eye falls on Melvyn, a frustrated inventor and an appallingly clumsy young man. However the best laid plans...
History
First production on 29th November 1977 by St Giles Players
As of 2016 over 300 productions worldwide
Translated into Dutch
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period Present Day, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features Not Applicable
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Media
"We laughed merrily at the play, and our laughter was of the kind which only good comedy can generate..." – Weekly Herald Tottenham and Wood Green
"Laughter in the aisles..." – Weekender, November 1990
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Norman Robbins
Norman Robbins, one of Amateur Theatre's most popular authors, wrote his first stage show almost 60 years ago whilst working for the Yorkshire Evening Post. An avid theatregoer from the age of three (his grandparents ran the pub near the local theatre so free tickets were al ...