Ray cooney taxi driver

There are also two policemen and a taxi driver whose lives will never be the same again. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his irregular working schedule. We wish you all good health and look forward to reuniting once again. Aug 01, 1984 with the comedy play run for your wife, i think the comedy as a whole was a well written play that kept the attention of the reader at all times. Caught in the net concord theatricals samuel french. Caught in the net by ray cooney may 729, 2004 directed by doobie potter if you think your life is complicated, imagine the life of twotiming taxi driver john smith who keeps two separate families. Ray cooneys caught in the net a fastpaced farce for the internet age. Poking his nose in places it shouldnt be throughout the mayhem is bill the taxi driver, curious to the end. Directed by carol acheson, this production takes to the stage from 5th to 8th december 2017 funny money is the classic stage farce with lots of doors and general confusion and chaos giving the audience a comic spectacle. John smith danny dyer has been happily involved in a. He sucks up to a political candidate, and ends by alarming him. Ray cooney began his theatrical career as a boy actor in song of norway at the palace theatre in 1946. Ray cooneys hilarious 1983 classic british farce run for your wife has the potential to go terribly wrong, and not just for the the taxi driver. Jan 16, 2011 taxi driver john smith leads a double life, keeping his unsuspecting families in two separate homes.

It is about a taxi cab driver with two wives and he tries to hide it. A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in new york city, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute. Somehow, he manages to juggle them both without arousing suspicion until he gets caught up in a mugging, and he wakes up in a hospital which is where his. Sure, you could get the classic aviators of the time, but these guys are a little more in the obscure. It premiered at the churchill theatre, bromley, london, england, in 1994, followed by a successful twoyear run in the west end. He keeps his two families in different parts of london, both happily and blissfully unaware of each other. Run for your wife, by ray cooney, is directed by cynthia daniels.

The story concerns a taxi driver who gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his irregular work schedule. The english name of the play is caught in the the net. This superb example of the british farce had audiences rolling in the aisles in london and new york. John smith is a taxi driver and very ordinary except that he has two wives. For tickets to these shows please contact richardson theatre centre for tickets. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london. John smith danny dyer has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. Ray cooney, and starring danny dyer as the bigamous taxi driver coping with two missuses denise van outen and sarah harding and a. This is an adaptation of ray cooneys play, adapted and codirected by the playwright. If you think your life is complicated, imagine the life of twotiming taxi driver john smith who keeps two separate families.

When his teenage children a girl from one family and a boy from the other meet in an internet chat room and are anxious to meet in person, john. In 2006 the play was adapted into a movie starring chevy chase. In ray cooneys sex farce, a seemingly ordinary taxi driver has two wives who live minutes from each other in the london suburbs, and he must try desperately to keep them from learning about each. When his teenaged children a girl from one family and a boy from the other accidentally meet on the internet and plan to see each other in person, johns already. Bringing ray cooneys funny money to life the sundaytimes. Due to the utmost concern for the health and safety of our patrons, we are postponing the opening of funny money until further guidelines are specified by the cdc. Cooney began to act in 1946, appearing in many of the whitehall farces of brian. I saw it in london in the 1990s and laughed so hard it made a lasting impression on me.

However, his teenage children, a girl from one family and a boy from the other, have met on. He lives with stephanie in finsbury and michelle i. Produced by special arrangement with samuel french, inc. Ray cooney began his theatrical career as a boy actor in song of norway at the. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his irregular work schedule. John smith may seem like an ordinary taxi driver, but he has been keeping a big secret. Following a period in repertory theatres around the uk, he joined the brian rix company at the whitehall theatre and it was during this period he began his writing career including the west end hits move over mrs markham, run for your wife, two into one, out of order, it runs in the family.

His wives love him because hes the sweetest, most lovable and cheerful husband in the world. Ray cooney the sequel finds our bigamist taxidriver, john smith, still keeping both his families one in wimbledon and one in streatham happy and blissfully unaware of each other. Theatre information and tickets for the ray cooney comedy run for your wife. Jan 17, 20 john smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. Submitted photo double trouble abounds as twotiming taxi driver gets caught in the net. I didnt find any part of the play boring or even annoying. John smith is a london taxi driver who happens to have two wives and a very tight schedule to keep. Directed by honored artist of ukraine sergey chulkov. With danny dyer, denise van outen, sarah harding, neil morrissey. The main character of this comedy is taxi driver john.

His attempts to hang on to it are complicated by the intervention of not one but two police sergeants, two friends arriving for dinner, a taxi driver with an. Ray cooney, and starring danny dyer as the bigamous taxi driver coping with two missuses denise van outen and sarah harding and a nextdoor neighbour neil morrissey. Ray cooney, the author, is also an actor, and he played the taxi driver when run for your wife had its premiere on broadway. A sequel to the smash hit run for your wife, caught in the net is set 18 years later with taxi driver john smith still a bigamist.

Caught in the net by ray cooney if you think your life is stressful, imagine the life of john smith, a taxi driver who keeps two separate families in different parts of london. Het speelde maar liefst negen jaar lang onafgebroken op londense west end. One of two infamously lowgrossing danny dyer vehicles ashley and i watched on netflix last night, run for your wife was probably the better of the two. Run for your wife by ray cooney, virtuoso of the british bedroom comedy and master farceur of londons west end where run for your wife ran for over 3400 performances, 1983 to 1992, is playing at the offbroadstreet theatre in hopewell on weekends through. Does it matter that his wife he sees during the day just happens to be different from the wife he spends his nights with. Run for your wife 2012 directed by ray cooney, john. The sequel to run for your wife finds the bigamist taxi driver john smith still keeping his two families in different parts of london, both happy and blissfully unaware of each other. Tickets costing 30 are on sale in marians bookshop and online on this website. Run for your wife by ray cooney 1 set, 6 males, 2 females. He lives with stephanie in finsbury and michelle in stockwell.

Ray cooney s caught in the net a fastpaced farce for the internet age. Run for your wife a comedy acting edition paperback march 20, 2015. For more about the show or to buy tickets go online here or call 1 855 372 9866. Roberto carlos, camilo sesto, leo dan, julio iglesias, jose luis perales, leonardo favio, jose jose duration. And so unfolds ray cooneys farcical masterpiece funny money, directed by abbasali rozais and starring indu and sanwada dharmasena as henry and jean perkins.

What would you do if you picked up the wrong briefcase on your way home from the office. Run for your wife is a ukmade 2012 film, based on the theatre farce run for your wife, written by ray cooney, who along with john luton also directed the film. A bigamist taxi driver with two wives in different areas of london tries to keep his double life from exploding. Run for your wife by ray cooney, virtuoso of the british bedroom comedy and master farceur of londons west end where run for your wife ran for over 3400 performances, 1983 to 1992, is playing at the offbroadstreet theatre in hopewell on weekends. Clonmel theatre guild returns to raheen house hotel for its christmas dinner theatre production of ray cooneys hilarious farce funny money. Run for your wife ray cooney s 1983 west end comedy run for your wife hobbles weakly to the screen in this adaptation cohelmed by cooney and john luton. Run for your wife 2012 directed by ray cooney, john luton. Cooney directed his own play and also played the part of henry perkins.

In ray cooney s sex farce, a seemingly ordinary taxi driver has two wives who live minutes from each other in the london suburbs, and he must try desperately to keep them from learning about each. He tries to make small talk with a secret service agent. Ray cooney, 73, was born in london and is best known for writing the farces run for your wife and funny money. May 06, 1990 in run for your wife, the english farce by ray cooney now at the arena players repertory theater in east farmingdale, john smith, a taxi driver, is having a very, very bad morning. Caught in the net by ray cooney directed by geoff banwell remember john smith, the bigamous taxi driver from run for your wife. Run for your wife is a 1983 comedy play by ray cooney. I never understood why this did not make it big in the usa or why it wasnt on broadway.

The play has also been presented internationally in singapore, in may 2005, by the. The sequel to run for your wife finds the bigamist taxi driver john smith still. Well, when john unwittingly becomes a haveago hero and the finsbury and stockwell police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, johns happy bubble is. Taxi driver john smith leads a double life, keeping his unsuspecting families in two separate homes. However, his teenage children, a girl from one family and a boy from the other, have met on the internet and are anxious to meet in person since they have so much. Ray cooneys film about a bigamist taxi driver gets a vicious mauling from the critics. Ray cooneys longplaying farce run for your wife in london the hilarious tale of john smith, a london black cab driver, who literally has two lives, complete with two different wives. Run for your wife audition clove creek dinner theater.

This is an ideal opportunity to have a christmas night out with a difference. Caught in the net by ray cooney may 729, 2004 directed by doobie potter. Caught in the net sudbury dramatic society, in suffolk. In ray cooneys sex farce, a seemingly ordinary taxi driver has two wives who live minutes from each other in the london suburbs, and he must try desperately. This was one of the longest running plays in london. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his. Run for your wife as funny as leprosy the independent. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his irregular.

Taxi driver john smith has a problem two of them, in f. Run for your wife is reborn with impeccable nuance. Written by ray cooney a sequel to the smash hit run for your wife, caught in the net is set 18 years later with taxi driver john smith still a bigamist. Oct 21, 2017 bill, a london taxi driver dan kennedy davenport, a bent copper tom callery slater, a straight copper margaret morrissey a passerby adrienne small. For 20 years he has been getting away with it, but suddenly, he discovers that the kids have met on the internet and are. He has a loving wife named mary in a flat in wimbledon, and he has another loving wife named barbara who lives in a different flat only four minutes away. You need to slightly suspend your disbelief to create the illusion of two different apartments occupied by two different wives carlson on one end and chidsey on the. John smith is a london taxi driver who happens to have two wives and a very tight schedule to.

And he flits between streatham and wimbledon a distance of only 2 miles like an oversexed bumble bee. Sunday february 9, 68pm and monday february 10, 78. Not everyone walking down the street has them, and lets be serious. Double trouble abounds as twotiming taxi driver gets caught. He has a lovely wife and a perfect existence in streatham and a lovely wife and a perfect existence in wimbledon. Fortunately, for john, hes a taxi driver which involves varying shift work. Jan 06, 2020 ray cooney s longplaying farce run for your wife in london the hilarious tale of john smith, a london black cab driver, who literally has two lives, complete with two different wives. Run for your wife opened on broadway at the virginia theatre on march 7, 1989, directed by and starring ray cooney himself as taxi driver john smith, and featuring kay walbye as his wimbledon wife, hilary labow as his streatham wife, gareth hunt and dennis ramsden as the police sergeants, and paxton whitehead as smiths friend and accomplice. Caught in the net by ray cooney the english theatre of.

This superb british farce has audiences rolling in the aisles. I think it had great humor which helped with the whole process of reading it and finding it enjoyable to read at the same time. Run for your wife on stage in london, the ray cooney farce. Defiance has adapted cooneys original stage design for the blue acacia space, allowing audiences to experience both of taxi driver johns bryan thornton mixedup worlds. Tots holding auditions for run for your wife local news. Funny moneyby ray cooneydirected by geoff banwell henry perkins accidentally picks up the wrong briefcase on his tube journey home from work, and discovers that it contains a fortune in what he assumes to be stolen money. Alls well until an accident interrupts his busy schedule and the forces of law and order become involved.

He wants to befriend a child prostitute, but scares her. For 20 years he has been getting away with it, but suddenly, he discovers that the kids have met on the. The story of london cab driver john smith, with two wives, two lives and a very. He asks a girl out on a date, and takes her to a porno movie. The film can be seen as a series of his failed attempts to connect, every one of them hopelessly wrong. Confessions of a driving instructor norman cohen, 1976. Run for your wife promises nonstop laughter at myers dinner theatre. In run for your wife, the english farce by ray cooney now at the arena players repertory theater in east farmingdale, john smith, a taxi driver, is having a very, very bad morning. Run for your wife ray cooneys 1983 west end comedy run for your wife hobbles weakly to the screen in this adaptation cohelmed by cooney and john luton. Ray cooney published by samuel french ltd 97805731833.

Raymond george alfred cooney, obe born 30 may 1932 is an english playwright, actor, and director. Double trouble abounds as twotiming taxi driver gets. Tots holding auditions for run for your wife local. Complication is piled upon complication as the harried cabby tries to keep his double life from exploding.

Caught in the net by ray cooney the english theatre of hamburg. John smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. Comedy by ray cooney april 319 no performance on easter auditions. A heroes of the dad in the net always fall into a funny stories. The story concerns bigamist john smith, a london cab driver with two wives. His biggest success, run for your wife 1983, ran for nine years in londons west end and is its longestrunning comedy.