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Thread #75531   Message #1327765
Posted By: JohnInKansas
15-Nov-04 - 05:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Noises Off
Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off
From the thread title, I thought this might be a drama review. The original play, "Noises Off," by Michael Frayn, is fairly popular with small community drama groups. It's been presented a couple of times fairly recently by groups in my area. Hilarious comedy.

We liked the drama group presentations well enough to buy the VHS of the movie that starred Carol Burnett, John Ritter, Michael Cain, Christopher Reeve and Marilu Henner. (I don't find any © date on the VHS, but it's at least a decade or two old.)

The "Noises Off" call is traditional at live acts, and isn't limited to the inadvertent flush. Backstage arguments - or romances - can produce some "timely" interjections.

John