The Mystery of Irma Vep and Other Plays by Charles Ludlum

The Mystery of Irma Vep and Other Plays



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The Mystery of Irma Vep and Other Plays Charles Ludlum ebook
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Format: pdf
Page: 300
ISBN: 9781559361736


The Mystery of Irma Vep - A Penny Dreadful. €�I play three roles,” says Dito van One of them comes up, in the moment, with a strong choice and the other instantly responds to and builds on it. Ray Wills and Monte Wheeler will be the only two people on stage for “The Mystery of Irma Vep” – opening Thursday at the Forum Theatre – but audiences will see at least eight different characters during this wacky spoof of Vi Wheeler plays Lady Enid as well as three other roles, including a scruffy swineherd named Nicodemus and an ancient Egyptian princess named Pev Amri (surprise, surprise: another anagram of vampire). In short: Everyman Theater's current production of Charles Ludlam's The Mystery of Irma Vep is the most fun you can have indoors right now without having to go to confession immediately afterward. This time out in Megee's incarnations include a variety of men, women and monsters in The Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of The Mystery of Irma Vep, A Penny Dreadful. If so, it's easy to understand why: on a warm summer night, it's weirdly fun to find oneself in the parlor of a musty English estate, with werewolves and vampires circling all around. Joining Megee is heralded local thespian Mark Robbins in a ghoulish comedy in which the pair play more than 25 different characters on the H&R Block Copaken Stage at 13th and Walnut. In the night, where wolves howl and prowl the grounds, where an intruder breaks in and accosts Lady Enid, and where—in one of many statements of the obvious that this play tweaks—people are not always who they appear to be, or are not only who they appear to be. If ever there was a showcase for actors who have all the tools in the kit and then some, this is it,” says Harriet Power, director of Act II. Charles Ludlam's most famous campy comedy, “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” gets a first-rate revival at Court Theatre in Hyde Park under the direction of Sean Graney. Aisle Say (CT): THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Company was made up of friends,. This is Charles Ludlam land -- specifically The Mystery of Irma Vep, the first play of Open Stage Theatre's new season. Ridiculous Theatre: Scourge of Highway 1. RECOMMENDED The best direction is usually transparent; when a play is really working, you're not thinking about the director. Published Friday 27 February Instead, by treating the play seriously and giving it the respect it deserves, they draw out the maximum entertainment. The Mystery of Irma Vep is often considered one of Ludlam's best, most popular plays – and one that relies on two actors of the same sex (that's in the contract, folks) to play more than a half-dozen roles in a send-up of Gothic horror with more quick changes than, well, a Cher concert.





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