Tag Archives: Ray Cooney

Robert Tanitch reviews Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy at Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, Surrey.

Peter Schaffer’s Black Comedy was originally seen at Chichester Festival Theatre in 1965 with Derek Jacobi, Albert Finney and Maggie Smith in a production by John Dexter. It became an instant classic, ...

andrew 75 views 0 likes Jun 1, 2026

Robert Tanitch reviews Michael Frayn’s Noises Off at Theatre Royal Haymarket, London

Michael Frayn’s Noises Off premiered in 1982. It went through three casts and played over 1,000 performances. It has been often revived world-wide ever since. It’s about the hazards facing a company o ...

andrew 1711 views 0 likes Oct 6, 2023

Ray Cooney’s political farce, originally written in 1990 is now updated

Eileen Caiger Gray Reviews Out Of Order at Sheffield Lyceum June 14th 2017 “Every Prime Minister needs a Willey,” Mrs Thatcher famously declared in the 1980s, provoking widespread titters, ...

Mark 3923 views 0 likes Jun 16, 2017