Boeing-Boeing is a farce written by the French playwright Marc Camoletti . The English-language adaptation, translated by Beverley Cross , was first staged in London at the Apollo Theatre in 1962 and transferred to the Duchess Theatre in 1965, running for seven years. In 1991, the play was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most performed French play throughout the world.
25-524: (Redirected from Boeing-Boeing ) Boeing Boeing may refer to: Boeing-Boeing (play) , written by playwright Marc Camoletti Boeing Boeing (1965 film) , an American film adaptation, starring Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis Boeing Boeing (1985 film) , a Malayalam film adaptation, directed by Priyadarshan, starring Mohanlal and Mukesh See also [ edit ] Boing Boing , an Internet publishing entity, magazine, and group blog Topics referred to by
50-582: A new, speedier Boeing jet disrupt his careful planning. Soon, all three stewardesses are in the city simultaneously and catastrophe looms. The English version of the play was first staged in London's West End at the Apollo Theatre in 1962 with David Tomlinson in the lead role and then transferred to the Duchess Theatre in 1965, running for seven years. After a year in the play, Tomlinson
75-567: A run of 129 performances. The following year Charles Frohman presented John Barrymore in his first London appearance in The Dictator . In 1906 John Hare presented a short season, appearing in The Alabaster Staircase , and a revival of A Pair of Spectacles . Other productions in the first decade of the century included Raffles with Gerald du Maurier in the title role (1906), which ran for 351 performances; 1907,
100-534: A season of comic operas in which she appeared herself. Melnotte sub-let the theatre in 1887 to Herbert Beerbohm Tree – his first venture into management – who presented and co-starred with Marion Terry in The Red Lamp by Outram Tristram . The following year the sub-lessee was Charles Hawtrey , who ran the theatre until 1892 and produced Jane (1890) and many farces described by Mander and Mitchenson as "now-forgotten". In 1893 J. Comyns Carr took over
125-773: A series of six dramas by Somerset Maugham and others starring Marie Tempest (1907–1909); and Marie Löhr in Pinero's Preserving Mr Panmure (1911). The final production to open before the First World War was Peg o' My Heart , with Laurette Taylor , which ran for 710 performances. In 1915 the Comedy followed the fashion for revue , presenting Albert de Courville 's Shell Out! (1915), C. B. Cochran 's Half-past Eight (1916), and four successive revues by André Charlot : This and That and See-Saw! (1916), and Bubbly and Tails Up (1918). They all ran well, particularly
150-468: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Boeing-Boeing (play) The play is set in the 1960s, and centres on bachelor Bernard, who has a flat in Paris and three airline stewardesses all engaged to him without knowing about each other. Bernard's life gets bumpy, though, when his friend Robert comes to stay, and complications such as weather and
175-709: The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play , and Mark Rylance won for lead actor in a play. Comedy Theatre The Harold Pinter Theatre , known as the Comedy Theatre until 2011, is a West End theatre , and opened on Panton Street in the City of Westminster , on 15 October 1881, as the Royal Comedy Theatre. It was designed by Thomas Verity and built in just six months in painted ( stucco ) stone and brick. By 1884 it
200-479: The "doubtful resorts of the roisterers" had been removed. J. H. Addison held a plot of ground in Panton Street at the corner of Oxenden Street, for which he commissioned the architect Thomas Verity to design a theatre. The builders were Kirk and Randall of Woolwich . The original seating capacity was 1,186, comprising 140 stalls, 120 dress circle, 126 upper boxes, amphitheatre 100, pit 400 and gallery 300.
225-669: The UK premières of Arthur Miller 's A View from the Bridge , Robert Anderson 's Tea and Sympathy and Tennessee Williams ' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof . The law was not revoked until 1968, but in the late 1950s there was a loosening of conditions in theatre censorship, the club was dissolved and Peter Shaffer 's Five Finger Exercise premièred to a public audience. The theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage in June 1972. In 2011 it
250-402: The construction was completed in six months. The theatre was, and remains, a four-tier house, its exterior in the classical tradition in painted ( stucco ) stone and brick. The theatrical newspaper The Era described the interior as "Renaissance style, richly moulded and finished in white and gold. The draperies of the boxes are of maroon plush, elegantly draped and embroidered in gold". It
275-476: The early years of the 20th century the Comedy was often used for special seasons and matinée performances of avant garde plays. Frank Benson and his company, which included Lilian Braithwaite and Oscar Asche , played a Shakespeare season in 1901. In 1902, Lewis Waller presented an adaption of Monsieur Beaucaire which ran for 430 performances. In 1904 Fred Terry and Julia Neilson played in Sunday for
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#1732802037102300-644: The last two, which ran for 429 and 467 performances respectively. The theatre established the New Watergate Club in 1956, under producer Anthony Field, to counter the stage censorship in force at the time. The Theatres Act 1843 was still in force and required scripts to be submitted for approval by the Lord Chamberlain's Office . Formation of the club allowed plays that had been banned due to language or subject matter to be performed under "club" conditions. Plays produced in this way included
325-526: The management in a play of his own, Mr Martin , in which he co-starred with Lottie Venne . which he followed with a successful season of light comedies. William Greet took over the theatre in 1898 and presented Arthur Roberts and Ada Reeve in a musical comedy Milord Sir Smith with music by Edward Jakobowski . The major productions of 1899 were A Lady of Quality by Frances Hodgson Burnett , and Great Caesar by George Grossmith Jr. and Paul Rubens , with Willie Edouin , Grossmith and Reeve. In
350-502: The management of the theatre. He remained in charge for three years, producing among other plays Sowing the Wind by Sydney Grundy (1893); The Professor's Love Story by J. M. Barrie (1894); The New Woman by Grundy (1894); and The Benefit of the Doubt by A. W. Pinero (1895). The resident stars of the house in this period were Cyril Maude and his wife Winifred Emery . Hawtrey resumed
375-491: The name he finally chose – the Royal Comedy – lacked any official approval for the use of "Royal", which was dropped within three years. He assembled a strong team, including Lionel Brough as stage director and Auguste van Biene as musical director. The theatre opened on 15 October 1881 with Edmond Audran 's opéra comique La mascotte in an English adaptation by Robert Reece and H. B. Farnie . La mascotte
400-525: The play proved to be a hit with critics and audiences alike. The original cast of the production featured Roger Allam as Bernard, Frances de la Tour as Bertha, Mark Rylance as Robert, and Tamzin Outhwaite , Daisy Beaumont , and Michelle Gomez as Bernard's three fiancées, Gloria, Gabriella, and Gretchen. This production received two Olivier Award nominations, for Best Revival and Best Actor (Mark Rylance), but won neither. Elena Roger later took on
425-461: The present day, whilst keeping faithful to the text and the spirit of the play. The three air hostesses's nationalities were changed to Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. The show starred Lim Yu-Beng, Pam Oei, Emma Yong, Chermaine Ang, Sean Yeo, and Mae Paner-Rosa. Boeing-Boeing was revived in London in February 2007 at the Comedy Theatre in a production directed by Matthew Warchus . Once again,
450-494: The role of Gabriella. Warchus also directed the 2008 Broadway revival, which started previews on April 19, 2008, and opened on May 4 at the Longacre Theatre to good reviews. The cast featured Christine Baranski as Berthe, Mark Rylance , reprising his role as Robert, Bradley Whitford as Bernard, Gina Gershon as Gabriella, Mary McCormack as Gretchen, and Kathryn Hahn as Gloria. The curtain call of this revival
475-422: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boeing Boeing . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boeing_Boeing&oldid=730793563 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
500-687: Was also on in Blackpool at the South Pier during 1967, and featured Vicki Woolf, Dandy Nichols , Hugh Lloyd , Ann Sidney , and Christina Taylor. In 1978, the play was produced in Kansas City , featuring Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow of Leave It to Beaver . The play was adapted by W!LD RICE production in Singapore in 2002. It was directed by Glen Goei; Glen and the company revisited, modernized, and relocated this comedy to Asia and
525-693: Was choreographed by Kathleen Marshall with original music by Claire van Kampen . The production closed on January 4, 2009, after 279 performances and 17 previews. A 45-week North American tour began in fall 2009. The production won the Best Revival of a Play and Rylance won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor . The production was nominated for several other Tony Awards including: Best Featured Actress ( Mary McCormack ), Best Director ( Matthew Warchus ), Best Costume Design ( Rob Howell ) and Best Sound Design ( Simon Baker ). The production won
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#1732802037102550-529: Was followed by three more adaptations by Farnie: Suppé's Boccaccio , Planquette 's Rip Van Winkle (with Fred Leslie as Rip) in 1882, and Chassaigne's Falka (with Violet Cameron in the title role) in 1884. The last of the series of operettas was Erminie in 1885, which starred, among others, Violet Melnotte , who became the lessee of the theatre in that year. She presented plays including The Silver Shield by Sydney Grundy ; and Sister Mary by Wilson Barrett and Clement Scott (1886), and
575-575: Was known as simply the Comedy Theatre. In the mid-1950s the theatre underwent major reconstruction and re-opened in December 1955; the auditorium remains essentially that of 1881, with three tiers of horseshoe-shaped balconies. The streets between Leicester Square and the Haymarket had been of insalubrious reputation until shortly before the construction of the Comedy Theatre, but by 1881
600-497: Was originally planned to light the theatre by the new electric lighting, but for unspecified reasons this was temporarily abandoned, and the usual gas lighting was installed. The first lessee of the theatre, Alexander Henderson, who had worked with Verity on the design of the building, intended it to be the home of comic opera ; at one time he had intended to call it the Lyric. The theatre historians Mander and Mitchenson write that
625-463: Was replaced by Leslie Phillips , who played in it for two years. He was then replaced by Nicholas Parsons , who played in it for 15 months. The play was produced on Broadway at the Cort Theatre from February 2, 1965, closing on February 20, 1965, after 23 performances. Directed by Jack Minster, the cast included Ian Carmichael , Susan Carr, Diana Millay , and Gerald Harper . The play
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