Gas and Candles
By David Henry Wilson
Gas and Candles is a play that needs 3 or more performers (1 women, 2 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 3 or more performers
- Roles
- 1 women, 2 men
- Cast notes
- 2m., 1w.
- Recommended level
- College
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- comedy
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
First produced at the Haymarket in London, this humorous and yet poignant play concerns an old couple's attempt to attract a little attention to themselves and thus avoid starvation. The critic for The Daily Telegraph wrote, "Its theme digs into the imagination and stays there long after the play is over," while the critic from The Guardian wrote, "Comedy explodes from the smallest incident." The scheme devised by this couple is to appear to be taken hostage and held in their own apartment. Thei
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