Tom, Dick and Harry

Synopsis

Poor Tom Kerwood. All he wants to do is adopt a baby. So how does he end up with two illegal immigrants and a dead body? Blame his two brothers, Dick and Harry whose idea for helping Tom end up with Tom's marriage on the rocks, a death threat from the Russian mafia, a visit from the local police plus a first wife he never had - then it starts to get complicated!

Our Review:

24 August 2005

The death of farce is frequently pronounced. But if the genre is dead, nobody told Ray Cooney - or, in any case, he obstinately refused to believe it. During his 50-odd year career, Cooney has churned out hits such as Funny Money, Wife Begins at Forty, Out of Order and, of course, 1983’s oft-produced Run for Your Wife as well as its sequel Caught in the Net. Now Cooney is back in the West End for the 23rd time (though the first time since Caught in the Net in 2001) with his latest, Tom, Dick and Harry, which he’s co-written with his Los Angeles-based screenwriter son Michael.

The play has had a somewhat troubled production history. Originally seen in Windsor in 2003 with a cast that included Bradley Walsh and Joe Pasquale, its expected transfer announcement didn’t materialise until last autumn. Its planned March 2005 opening was then kyboshed by Pasquale’s success on reality television’s I’m a Celebrity...