One Man, Two Guvnors

Synopsis

Based on Goldoni's 18th-century comedy The Servant of Two Masters. Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancee's dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who's been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed up at The Cricketers' Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.

Our Review:

12 October 2011

Based on Carlo Goldoni’s 1746 comedy The Servant of Two Masters, The National Theatre’s production One Man, Two Guvnors, starring Gavin & Stacey's James Corden, unflinchingly puts the fun back into farce.

Adapted from the original by Richard Bean, this production (which pairs Corden with director Nicholas Hytner for the first time since The History Boys) is full-throttle fun from the outset. A live Beatle-esque quartet play lively ditties as the audience enter the auditorium, planting us, toes-a-tapping, in 1960’s Britain.

1960’s Brighton to be precise, where Francis Henshall has a new job as minder to Roscoe Crabbe... or so it seems. Roscoe is really Rachel, disguised as her own murdered brother. Rachel has fled to Brighton to meet up with her lover Stanley, who’s in h...

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UglyMan - 9 November 2011:

All they talk about is poo. Is this supposed to be funny?...

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