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Move Over, Mrs. Markham

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  5w, 4m

Ray Cooney, John Chapman

"A riot. The laughter hit of the year...I never stopped laughing." - The People

"The dialogue is risque and amusing...Splendid!" - London Sunday Express

"You're a riot Mrs. M.... A slick, frantic riot of an evening." …

Move Over, Mrs. Markham

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 4m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce

Details

Summary
To Sylvie it's the "goose" that she learned from Alistair, but to Philip, Joanna Markham's husband, it's "a variety of geese," and fifteen years of marriage is just about undone along with everything else in this wild zany free for all. Everything from Philip's business deals with Bow Wow Books and Alistair's near escape from Joanna's chiding seduction to the naked G.P.O. girl and the specter of scandal is hilarious. A lot of bedhopping occurs as Sylvie winds up taking Alistair on "walkies" and the amazing Mrs. Markham gets her man her husband! It all takes place in an elegant top floor London flat.


Media

"A riot. The laughter hit of the year...I never stopped laughing. " - The People

"The dialogue is risque and amusing...Splendid!" - London Sunday Express

"You're a riot Mrs. M.... A slick, frantic riot of an evening." - Daily Sketch

Music

Song Samples

Ray Cooney's Interview for Dave's Gone By

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Ray Cooney

Ray Cooney began his theatrical career as a boy actor in Song of Norway at the Palace Theatre in 1946. He played in Dry Rot and Simple Spymen and then began a writing career which, to date, has sent 18 plays to the West End, including One for the Pot, Not Now Darling, Move Ov ...

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Author

John Chapman

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