Good evening, I'm Inspector Carter. Take my case. This must be Charles Haversham! I'm sorry, this must've given you all a damn shock... The original version of the global hit play created by Mischief. After benefiting from a large and sudden inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embark on producing an ambitious 1920s murder mystery. Hilarious disaster ensues and the cast start to crack under the pressure. Can they get the production back on track before the final curtain falls? This one-act version of Mischief's world famous The Play That Goes Wrong originally premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London in 2012. Since then, the expanded two-act version has taken the world by storm and has been performed in over 35 countries across 5 continents, winning multiple awards including the WhatsOnStage and Olivier Award for Best New Comedy plus a Tony and Drama Desk Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play. This edition features the original one-act edition of the play that's perfect to be enjoyed on the page as well as in performance. A true global phenomenon, it is guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter.

The original one-act version of the global comedy phenomenon, The Play That Goes Wrong.

About the Author
Mischief Theatre Ltd. was founded in 2008 by a group of acting graduates of LAMDA and began as an improvised comedy group. Mischief performs across the UK and internationally with original scripted and improvised work and also has a programme of workshops. The company is owned and controlled by its original members and is led by a creative group and its directors Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer. Mischief's current West End productions are The Play That Goes Wrong (Duchess Theatre since 2014) and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery (Criterion Theatre since 2016) and following a record breaking two year run on Broadway it is represented Off Broadway by The Play That Goes Wrong (New World Stages since 2019, co-produced with Kevin McCollum and JJ Abrams). In September 2019 the company started a West End residency at the Vaudeville Theatre with Groan Ups followed by Magic Goes Wrong, which opened in January 2020 and is currently booking until 30 August 2020. Its other productions, including Peter Pan Goes Wrong, continue on tour and in licensed productions in the UK, USA and worldwide.

Reviews
A gut busting hit * New York Times *
It's as though The Mousetrap has been taken over by 'Monty Python' * WhatsOnStage *
A masterpiece of malfunction * Times of London *



Book Information
ISBN 9781350238848
Author Mr Henry Shields
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 72g