One Man, Two Guvnors
The National Theatre of Great Britain’s smash hit comedyOne Man, Two Guvnorshas had both West End and Broadway audiences rolling with laughter.
Richard Bean’s ingenious play, based on Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters, interweaves the Italian tradition of comedic improvisation with the best of British humour in this “deliriously daft and diabolically joke stuffed entertainment” (The Independent).
The plot turns around an ever-hungry servant and former skiffle-player Francis Henshall, who, having been fired from his skiffle band, spots the chance of an extra meal ticket by simultaneously and surreptitiously serving two masters. One is the upper-class Stanley Stubbers; the other is Roscoe Crabbe...but Roscoe is really Rachel Crabbe, disguised as her twin brother...who has been murdered by Stanley, Rachel’s lover. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.