With ed oneill, sofia vergara, julie bowen, ty burrell. Run for your wife is a perfect fit for the intimate marquee theatre at the palms, with set and props designer thomas r. His 1983 farce, from which it is adapted, ran for nearly nine years in the west end and is still. Iaca presented an adaptation by shyam yellamraju on february 2, 20. August 1, 20 age 29349d, 18,093rd in mlb history vs. Aug 24, 2016 the collection, harold pinter, 1976, with malcolm mcdowellalan bateshelen mirrenlaurence olivier duration. Ten years into its run, the show was on the brink of cancellation.
Run for your wife play, a 1983 play by ray cooney run for your wife 1965 film, a 1965 italian comedy run for your wife 2012 film, a ukmade 2012 film, based on the theatre farce run for your wife. It aired on cbs from september 23, 1979, to april 4, 1983. It is, quite simply, the funniest thing that i have ever seen. Bob uecker enters his 50th season as a broadcaster for his hometown team. Run for your wife cast list derby dinner playhouse. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons. Run for your wife is a play so entertaining that it had a nineyear run in the west end of london from 1983 to 1991. Run for your wife premieres in london now to a brand new film thats a pretty old story. Rashi, the preeminent torah commentator, translates vsimach as meaning that a man is obligated to make his wife happy, particularly during their first year together. Run for your wife is a 1983 comedy play by ray cooney plot. A 1983 broadway revival had a surprisingly short run. Ray cooneys decision to make a feature film at the age of 80 is plucky, to say the least. The effect of gamma rays on maninthemoon marigolds.
Run for your wife on stage in london, the ray cooney farce. Rashi disagrees with the targum, who says the mitzvah is for the man to be happy with ones wife, for if this was the meaning of the verse, it would have read vsamach, and. In 1983, he formed the theatre of comedy at the shaftesbury theatre and became its first artistic director. John smith is a taxi cab driver getting away with having two wives in two different areas of london because of his irregular working schedule. His recordbreaking flight could fill a movie by itself. Riccardo, an unhappily married middle aged italian working for a shoe factory, goes to america on a four day business trip. It features over 100 cameo roles from famous faces including. John smith is a taxi driver and the happiest man in the world. When he doesnt come home, his wife stephanie sarah harding calls the police and so does his other wife michelle denise van outen soon john is out of hospital, racing to stop the police finding out hes a bigamist and to stop his two wives finding out their cab driver husband has been taking them both for a ride.
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. 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. Over the shows 45 seasons, 152 comedians have passed through the. With one wife at home in streatham and another at home in wimbledon, and with occupants of. As her seemingly idyllic life begins to crumble, a lonely woman in a restrictive marriage starts an affair with a gentle bookstore owner. In the episode, it is the first day back to school for the kids and, at the dunphy house, phil oversteps when he misreads how claire is coping with an empty nest. Its the first day back at school for the kids and, at the dunphy house, phil oversteps when he misreads how claire is coping with an empty nest. Interview with rolf harris, sir cliff richard and barry cryer for run for your wife the movie duration.
Over at jays, he and gloria are in disagreement over mannys interesting choice of outfit for his first day of class, and mitchell. Duke then made the jump to snl, and had memorable roles as mrs. Run for your wife is a 1983 comedy play by ray cooney. Download to watch offline and even view it on a big screen using chromecast.
It premiered on cbs daytime on september 19, 1983, 3 and ended on september 26, 1986. Sampson and his wife, aleize, ended their tumultuous 17 year. Its a bigscreen version of the trouserdropping stage farce run for your wife, which ran in londons west end from 1983 to. See the full list of run for your wife cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Londons longestrunning comedy to date, there have been several productions mounted internationally as well as a feature film adaption codirected by author ray cooney. We provide world class service and premium seating. Get job alerts delivered with new roles that match your criteria. Involved in bigamous marriages for five years, he lives with stephanie in finsbury and michelle in stockwell. For its first foray in british comedy, we chose an author who is a master of the material of british farce.
In 1983 ray cooney formed the theatre of comedy company, to take a lease on the shaftesbury theatre and presented run for your wife followed by a season of. Endeavour nora broom 20 pranks joyce 2012 run for your wife taxi passenger 2012. Among them are gordo cooper dennis quaid, a hot dog jet jockey with an unhappy wife. Askwith made a cameo appearance in the film run for your wife, released in the uk on 14 february 20. A film adaptation of run for your wife, codirected by ray cooney and john luton, was released on 14 february 20, with both briers and cribbins appearing in cameo roles.
Run for your wife, its ray cooneys youtube channel film. The downbeat press notwithstanding, the sherman playhouse chose fearlessly to step up to the. Cabbie farce run for your wife draws box office sales of just. Press your luck is an american television game show created by bill carruthers and jan mccormack. Unlimited media backstage offers unlimited media, so youll always have the right photo or reel for the gig. This is a production of the play run for your wife. With danny dyer, denise van outen, sarah harding, neil morrissey. With ugo tognazzi, marina vlady, rhonda fleming, juliet prowse. Run for your wife premieres in london granada itv news. Run for your wife press clippings british comedy guide. Run for your wife is rated pg due to sexuality and themes. Run for your wife will be second street players fourth show of 2019 by bww news desk.
Its hard to believe that the play could have warranted a 9year theatrical run in 1983. He lives with stephanie sarah harding in finsbury and michelle denise van outen in stockwell. 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. Cheers is an american sitcom television series that ran on nbc from september 30, 1982, to may 20, 1993, with a total of 275 halfhour episodes across eleven seasons.
Theatre farce run for your wife was written in 1983 and. 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. Stuart, this 1983 play tells the story of one john smith, a london taxi driver whose life resembles a gordian knot as he works through the situation of having two wives one in wimbledon and the other in streatham. Prather constructing simple yet nicely detailed, sidebyside living rooms that allow the play to unfold in both locations simultaneously. Run for your wife 1983 is an adult comedy play by ray cooney. Run for your wife 2012 directed by ray cooney, john. He is a three time recipient of the wisconsin sportscaster of the year award 2014, 2017. Run for your wife original broadway cast 1989 broadway.
Threequarters of the british acting profession over the age of 60, all of them old chums. Archie bunkers place is an american sitcom television series produced as a spinoff continuation of all in the family. She starred in the thriller appointment with death 1988 and william friedkins horror film the guardian 1990. Reading it isnt half as much fun as watching it, so try to persuade your local community theatre or high school to produce it. A lamentable bigscreen version of the 1983 stage farce run for your. Its a bigscreen version of the trouserdropping stage farce run for your wife, which ran in londons west end from 1983 to 1991, adapted and directed by. Feb 16, 20 run for your wife fulfils none of these conditions and is woefully dated in its misogyny and homophobia. From there, he introduces one of the dozens of old friends hes enlisted over the last 18 months to help promote run for your wife, the film adaptation of his smashhit 1983 stage farce.
Taking a break from the bard in the indoor season, hsc decides to delve into the comic stylings from across the pond. The cincinnati reds proclaimed saturday, september 17, 1983, johnny bench night at riverfront stadium, in which he hit his 389th and final home run, a line drive to left in the third inning before a record crowd. He loves his job, he loves his wife and he loves south london where they live and he also loves. Start by finding your event on the run for your wife 2020 2021 schedule of events with date and time listed below. Two days of comic books gone bad 20 willabella witchs last spell 20 bad seed 20 ill be home for christmas 2014 murder by the book 2014 play it again, sam 2014. Upon release the film was savaged by critics and has been referred to as one of the worst films of all time, after it grossed just. Run for your wife is the sixth episode of the abc series modern family. I was lucky enough to see run for your wife on stage in london several times, starring ray cooney himself. Run for your wife is a film, that much is categorically true since its a series of moving pictures.
Run for your wife by ray cooney, the masques 2nd reboot production which runs from 22 march to 6 april 2019. Danny dyer, denise van outen and, er, christopher biggins. Relationship farce written and directed by ray cooney, based on his longrunning stage play about a bigamist on the brink of being discovered. Published on mar 4, 20 its the first day back at school for the kids and, at the dunphy house, phil oversteps when he misreads how claire is coping with an empty nest. In february 20, the film of his most successful play run for your wife, directed by ray, had its world premier in leicester square and has now come out on dvd. 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 farce characters. Run for your wife tickets from front row will make your live entertainment experience magical. 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. One flew over the cuckoos nest a christmas carol bus stop bleacher bums the odd couple. His role in the tv comedy drama benidorm was broadcast in january 2016. Run for your wife original, play, broadway opened in new york city mar 7, 1989 and played through apr 9, 1989. With all of the kids gone, phil misreads how claire is dealing with the empty house. Feeling neglected by her busy architect husband, pregnant shen yizhen befriends downto. Run for your wife had a highly successful nine year run in the west enda superb example of the classic british farcethis comedy had audiences rolling in the aisles in london and new york.
Run for your wife premiered in london in march of 1983 and enjoyed a highly successful nineyear run. The palms theatre production of ray cooneys run for your wife, a successful farce that ran for nine years in london, becomes just that, with extremely effective and welltimed comic performances and direction john smith is an easygoing, happily married london taxi driver. Theatre farce run for your wife was written in 1983 and has been performed countless times. The story of london cab driver john smith, with two wives, two lives and a very precise schedule for juggling them both. The story concerns bigamist john smith, a london cab driver with two wives, two lives and a very precisely planned schedule for juggling them both, with one wife at a home in streatham and another nearby at a home in wimbledon trouble brews when smith is mugged and ends up in hospital, where both of his addresses surface, causing. Jay and gloria argue about an outfit for manny, and a minor problem with lily gets blown out of proportion by mitchell and cameron. Run for your wife cast list john smith cary wiger detective sergeant troughton dick baker barbara smith jillian prefach detective sergeant porterhouse david myers mary smith tina jo wallace bobby franklin matthew brennan stanley gardner j. Gallery players presents ray cooneys run for your wife the fourth production in gallerys 48th season in what promises to be an intimate, exhilarating romp. Tia hawkes costumes are period appropriate and the sound design and direction also.
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. The play is styled after a tradition of french farce in which all characters are in perpetual motion. Genre film released 20 starring danny dyer, sarah harding, denise van outen, neil morrissey, kellie shirley, christopher biggins, lionel blair, nicholas le prevost and others writer. Run for your wife is undoubtedly corny, thanks to a bad script, dreadful acting and lack of comic value, but this british comedy is surprisingly quite watchable. She trained with the aida foster stage school in dancing, singing and stage acting before making her film debut at the age of 15 in the controversial baby love 1968, playing a schoolgirl who seduces her adoptive family. And this is a worstcase scenario, as playwright cooney adapts his classic 1983 farce without even the slightest adjustment for the cinema. Little theatre of the deaf songs and stories ct tintypes. Bruce medwin lost contact with his wife and daughter that day.
In a 20 interview with abc news, he revealed that he had served in japan. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of london because of his irregular working schedule. John smith danny dyer has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. Barn theatre performances for run for your wife are tuesday saturday at 8. The shaftesbury theatre, originally named the princes theatre, opened in. Run for your wife 1989 broadway tickets, news, info, photos. Run for your wife is the story of john smith danny dyer, who leads one life in stockwell, south london, where he is happily married to michelle denise van outen, and another life in finsbury. Claire and phil have mixed feelings regarding the first day of school for the kids. On february 16, 1983, more than 180 bushfires swept across south australia and victoria. I didnt find any part of the play boring or even annoying. Information on our 86th season, featuring veronicas room, jerrys girls, master class, run for your wife, shrek the musical. We have tickets to meet every budget for the run for your wife schedule. Jennifer ann seagrove born 4 july 1957 is an english actress. The photo potter kept of his wife mildred on his desk was actually a photo of harry.
Modern family run for your wife tv episode 2009 imdb. The textbook sign of a movie is a collection of moving images paired together, and thats the best compliment i can give run for your wife, the sheer fact that it is a film. It premiered on abc in the united states on october 28, 2009. Morris, 83, steadily acted after he left the show, and has had a. Cast members have a precise schedule as well with many entrances and exits that create pressure and. When done right, a british farce can be a hysterical, comic frenzy. Beef and boards dinner theatre opens its 2016 season with ray cooneys fastpaced pg farce, run for your wife. Jeff and his wife, ashley, have a son, brock, and daughter, logan. Gene sauers pga tour champions profile news, stats, and videos. Run for your wife, wi open casting call the fireside.