The Drowsy Chaperone
A truly original musical - not based on a book, a film or the music of a pop group!15th May 2012 07:30PM
Location
Angles Theatre, Wisbech, Cambs, PE13 1HQ
Owner: Fendiva
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“The Drowsy Chaperone” is a gentle send-up of 1920s stage musicals. It begins with the Man in Chair sharing with us a cast recording on vinyl of the fictional “Drowsy Chaperone”. He’s too young to have seen the musical during its original run but still knows each line by heart & he knows all the actors playing the parts, including a cut-rate Valentino cast as Adolfo & a rising Hollywood starlet playing Janet. It’s the Man in Chair who narrates the action while the record spins & the show is conjured before our eyes in the home of dowager Mrs Tottendale.
In the play-within-a-play that unfolds Janet is about to marry nice guy Robert & leave show business, much to the dismay of Broadway producer Feldzieg. In a plot no goofier than those found in old musicals, Robert & Janet must steer clear of each other until their wedding ceremony. Seeing to this is Robert’s Best Man, George & a woman referred to only as the Drowsy Chaperone, who is more interested in mixing drinks than keeping lovers apart.
In the play-within-a-play that unfolds Janet is about to marry nice guy Robert & leave show business, much to the dismay of Broadway producer Feldzieg. In a plot no goofier than those found in old musicals, Robert & Janet must steer clear of each other until their wedding ceremony. Seeing to this is Robert’s Best Man, George & a woman referred to only as the Drowsy Chaperone, who is more interested in mixing drinks than keeping lovers apart.
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