Aldwych Farces Vol. 1 [DVD]

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In 1970, BBC presented adaptations of six of the Aldwych series (and another Travers farce, She Follows Me About) with Arthur Lowe and Richard Briers in the Walls and Lynn roles.

In Pinero's Dandy Dick, a rural dean succumbs to the temptation of gambling on the horses; in Travers's Plunder, two jewel thieves get away with robbery and manslaughter; and in Orton's Loot, police conspire with bank robbers to put the one innocent character behind bars. In his place is the superb comic character Gordon Harker, who brings his rough-edged posh cockney (“Oh yerrrrrrs”) to the table. Though only ten adaptations were made on film, the influence of these enduringly popular films was great and can be seen in some of the key British comedies from the first half of the 20th century.Most often, the joke entails the failure ofthe attempt; but it is afailure which must also touch the audience, since the joke is on us all as members of the human race. Walls and Lynn would each make solo films as well, but their careers began to wind down in the late ’30s.

If you are in the North America, look out for US/Canadian flag icons on popular product listings for direct links. J. Potts describes it as "comedy with the meaning left OUt"l; Allardyce Nicoll regards "gross and improbable characterisation" as symptomatic of ie; and Cleanth Brooks and Robert B.As at 2013, the only other of the twelve to have been revived in the West End is Thark, in 1965 and 1989. A series of now-legendary stage comedies from the 1920s and '30s, the Aldwych Farces broke theatre box-office records and made the transition to celluloid with a run of hit films - making stars of Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn and Robertson Hare. The farces were so popular that touring companies were sent to present them in the British provinces.