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Taking Charlie

  • Neil Warhurst
  • Full Length Play, Dark Comedy, 1970s
  • 2M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573113994

In 1978 two Eastern European unemployed auto-mechanics kidnapped and ransomed the body of Charlie Chaplin in order to set up their very own garage.

  • Full Length Play
  • Dark Comedy

  • Time Period: 1970s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Senior
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings, Bare Stage/Simple Set
In 1978 two Eastern European unemployed auto-mechanics kidnapped and ransomed the body of Charlie Chaplin in order to set up their very own garage.

Taking Charlie is a dark comic fantasy based on this real life very bad idea, and will leave the audience with two useful life lessons; firstly don't dig up dead comedians, and secondly when you're face to face with a powerful idiot there's only one thing to do... laugh.

  • Casting: 2M, 1F

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In 1978 two Eastern European unemployed auto-mechanics kidnapped and ransomed the body of Charlie Chaplin in order to set up their very own garage.

Taking Charlie is a dark comic fantasy based on this real life very bad idea, and will leave the audience with two useful life lessons; firstly don't dig up dead comedians, and secondly when you're face to face with a powerful idiot there's only one thing to do... laugh.

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