No Naughty Bits
- Full Length Play, Drama, Comedy, 1970s
- 6M, 2F
- ISBN: 9781848422056
"Comic bliss."
Independent
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama, Comedy
- Time Period: 1970s
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre
Inspired by a true story, this gloriously funny play investigates the nature of comedy, the operation of censorship, and the complex misunderstandings implicit in the Anglo-American relationship.
In December 1975, Monty Python's Flying Circus was broadcast coast to coast in the US. It was the Pythons' first time on a major network... but somebody cut out all the naughty bits!
Undismayed, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam flew to New York to persuade the network to reinstate the cuts - and, somewhat by accident, found themselves at the centre of a landmark court case concerning freedom of expression and the protection of artistic integrity...
Steve Thompson's play No Naughty Bits was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2011.
REVIEWS:
In December 1975, Monty Python's Flying Circus was broadcast coast to coast in the US. It was the Pythons' first time on a major network... but somebody cut out all the naughty bits!
Undismayed, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam flew to New York to persuade the network to reinstate the cuts - and, somewhat by accident, found themselves at the centre of a landmark court case concerning freedom of expression and the protection of artistic integrity...
Steve Thompson's play No Naughty Bits was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2011.
REVIEWS:
"Comic bliss."
Independent
"Steve Thompson's play, as one would hope from a Dr Who writer, is bigger inside than out, cleverer than it seems... One kind of comedy wrapped inside another, a bright fizz of sherbert with a sharp lemon coating."
The Times
"Thompson understands how comedy works... hilarious."
WhatsOnStage.com
Premiere Production:
Hampstead Theatre, London, 2011.
Characters
- Casting: 6M, 2F
