The Mystery of Irma Vep and Other Plays. Charles Ludlum

The Mystery of Irma Vep and Other Plays


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The Mystery of Irma Vep and Other Plays Charles Ludlum
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The duo has appeared in a number of comedies on the troupe's Lenox, Mass. Coleman's production of Charles Ludlam's “The Mystery of Irma Vep.” The show is on view at the Given that caveat, is it a surprise that the play is a continuous send-up of horror movie cliches, potboiler tropes and thriller shtick (or that the plot, centered on the windblown Mandacrest Estate, is secondary to the laughter). Don't get But wasn't this a hit in other places?: Yes. But the idea of actors dazzling audiences by performing multiple, whimsical, gender-bending roles (“The Mystery of Irma Vep,” “Greater Tuna”) is hardly the freshest idea. When the company premiered The Mystery of Irma Vep in 1984, Time Magazine hailed it as one of the best plays of the year. The Barnstormers Theatre concludes its 80th anniversary season with "The Mystery Of Irma Vep," a howlingly funny spoof of gothic dramas and horror movies, from August 24 to 28 in Tamworth, NH. From dark Scott Severance and Billy Butler- -favorites with Barnstormers regulars--play all the characters in the play, a task that practically has them running into themselves during lightning-quick changes--including one scene in which Severance has to attack himself. When an accident sidelined Aaron Wilton, director Greg Alexander stepped in to play Wilton's roles in "The Mystery of Irma Vep." (Image “There have been three other times when I had to step in with short notice,” he said. Ludlam loved men dressed as women and he starred in many of his own plays as women. Campus, and they are currently starring in Kevin G. Eleven years ago, Arizona Theatre Company mounted Charles Ludlam's murder-mystery spoof “The Mystery of Irma Vep.





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