by George Villiers (the 2nd Duke of Buckingham) and others

BLACKFRIARS PREMIERE

Belly Laughs

"Fighting, Loving, Sleeping, Rhyming, Dying, Dancing, Singing, Crying; and every thing, but Thinking and Sense." I.i

Don’t miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see this outrageous satire of Restoration theatre. A pompous playwright invites two gentlemen to sit in on the final rehearsal of his groundbreaking new play and he can’t stop himself from explaining his visionary brilliance at every turn. Put every movie, TV show, and play you’ve ever seen that spoofs the theatre (Noises Off, Slings and Arrows, The Producers, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) into a blender with a generous splash of song/dance/fights and you’ll begin to savor the unbridled delight of The Rehearsal, in its first major revival since the 17^th century.