Wedding of the Year

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Cast Size

6w, 4m
Duration

120 minutes (2 hours)
Subgenre

Farce, Romantic Comedy
Target Audience

Appropriate for all audiences

Details

Summary

Alison, a straight-haired, bespectacled girl, is the last person one would visualise as a heroine, but Uncle Frank decides to make her on by entering her as a prospective candidate for a Wedding of the Year competition – selecting a designer to create her wedding dress even before he has found her a suitable husband. His eye falls on Melvyn, a frustrated inventor and an appallingly clumsy young man. However the best laid plans...

History

First production on 29th November 1977 by St Giles Players

As of 2016 over 300 productions worldwide

Translated into Dutch

Cast Attributes

Parts for Senior Actors

Keywords

Performing Groups

Leading female 20 year old of ample proportions

Two ageing aunts possibly of either similar build or one completely contrasting

Men - 1 x20s,2x 30s2x, 50s, &1x 70s

Women -1x 20s,2x 40s,2x 70s, &1x 80s

Time Period Present Day, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s
Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
Additional Features Not Applicable
Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
Cautions
- No Special Cautions

Media

"We laughed merrily at the play, and our laughter was of the kind which only good comedy can generate..." – Weekly Herald Tottenham and Wood Green

"Laughter in the aisles..." – Weekender, November 1990

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Authors

Norman Robbins

Norman Robbins, one of Amateur Theatre's most popular authors, wrote his first stage show almost 60 years ago whilst working for the Yorkshire Evening Post. An avid theatregoer from the age of three (his grandparents ran the pub near the local theatre so free tickets were al ...

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Wedding of the Year