Fired from his skiffle band; Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe; a small-time East End hood; now in Brighton to collect pound;6;000 from his fianceacute;ersquo;s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother; whorsquo;s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed up at The Cricketers Arms; the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with Stanley Stubbers; who is hiding from the police and waiting to be reunited with Rachel. To prevent discovery; Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple. Winner of the Outer Critics Circle award for Best Play.lsquo;splendidly sillyhellip; One Man is; like Mr. Cordenrsquo;s grin; both satanic and seraphic; dirty-minded and utterly innocenthellip;. ideal escapism for anxious times.rsquo; ndash; New York Times lsquo;deliriously funnyrsquo; ndash; Washington Post lsquo;gobsmackingly funnyhellip; this virtuoso banquet of slapstick farce and verbal jousting brings with it a shocking revelation: How starved we were for comedy.rsquo; ndash; Time Out New York
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