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On the Razzle

  • Tom Stoppard
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, 19th Century
  • 13M, 9F, 1M or F
  • ISBN: 9780573620003

"While preserving the beautiful intricacies of this construction, Stoppard has embellished Razzle with a dazzle of verbal wit and unremitting firework display of puns, crossword puzzle tricks and sly sexual innuendos."

London Daily Telegraph

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: 19th Century
This recent hit in London is a free adaptation of the 19th century farce by Johann Nestroy that provided the plot for Thornton Wilder's The Merchant of Yonkers, which led to The Matchmaker, which led to Hello, Dolly.

The story is basically one long chase, chiefly over two naughty grocer's assistants who, when their master goes off on a binge with a new mistress, escape to Vienna on a spree.
REVIEWS:

"While preserving the beautiful intricacies of this construction, Stoppard has embellished Razzle with a dazzle of verbal wit an unremitting firework display of puns, crossword puzzle tricks and sly sexual innuendos."

London Daily Telegraph

"Apart from Jumpers and The Importance of Being Earnest there may be no script in English funnier than On the Razzle."

London Observer

Premiere Production: On the Razzle was first performed on 1st September, 1981 at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh as part of the 1981 Edinburgh International Festival, and opened to the press on 22 September, 1981 at the Lyttelton Theatre.

Characters

  • Casting: 13M, 9F, 1M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Room for Extras, Expandable casting
  • Casting Notes: Plus extras and 6 musicians

  • WEINBERL
    CHRISTOPHER
    SONDERS
    MARIE
    ZANGLER
    GERTRUD
    BELGIAN FOREIGNER
    MELCHIOR
    HUPFER
    PHILIPPINE
    MADAME KNORR
    MRS FISCHER
    COACHMAN
    WAITER ONE
    WAITER TWO
    GERMAN MAN
    GERMAN WOMAN
    SCOTS MAN
    SCOTS WOMAN
    CONSTABLE
    LISETTE
    MISS BLUMENBLATT
    RAGAMUFFIN

    PIPER, CITIZENS, WAITERS, CUSTOMERS, etc.

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    This recent hit in London is a free adaptation of the 19th century farce by Johann Nestroy that provided the plot for Thornton Wilder's The Merchant of Yonkers, which led to The Matchmaker, which led to Hello, Dolly. The story is basically one long chase, chiefly over two naughty grocer's assistants who, when their master goes off on a binge with a new mistress, escape to Vienna on a spree.


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