Fiction > FERTILITY DANCE a comedy of sex, surrogacy and emergency plumbing
FERTILITY DANCE a comedy of sex, surrogacy and emergency plumbing
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By Philip Harland with Carol Thompson
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Playscript for a comedy premiered at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton in 1989 and twice optioned for the West End. âšâ“A hugely enjoyable comedy that fizzes with puns, in-jokes and allusions which make all sorts of witty and suggestive links between sex and economics, business and babies.” (The Stage)
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“The play stands firmly in the tradition of the polished West End comedy.”
John Coleby, former script editor National Theatre
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âšâš“I’m very impressed for a first play. It shows a remarkable degree of theatrical craftmanship.”
Ian Liston, producerâšâš
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“A densely intelligent, literate, thoughtful piece of work. The exchanges are deft, well sustained and often very funny.”
Guy Slater, director
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âšâš“Dear Philip, I laughed a great deal. You are on the verge of writing a new kind of farce – one that is very funny indeed yet without the traditional opening and closing of doors. I have seen a number of plays based on the same basic premise, but yours goes much, much further. It has more twists and turns than I, for one, have ever seen or read.”
Danny Simon, comedy writer and director/editor of Neil Simon’s plays
âšâš“Fertility Dance is very funny indeed. Inviting you to laugh with rather than at misfortune, it possesses an underlying warmth and compassion.” âš
The Guardianâš