Hilariously, everything which can go wrong in a production does so. II Fornicazione is a "grim" tale of operatic adultery, poison and mayhem. Streuth is the crime story Agatha Christie would never have dared to write. A Collier's Tuesday Tea combines the kitchen with the coal mine with an irreverent glance at D.H. Lawrence. All's Well that Ends As You Like It pushes the genius of the bard to its limits while filching lines from most of his plays. In all, cues are missed, effects fail and props are lost and confusion reigns, but the coarse actors struggle on.

Four Plays for Coarse Actors

Literature & Fiction

Green, Michael Canon

Dramas & Plays

Samuel French Ltd.

A coarse actor is...\n• One who can remember their lines but not the order in which they come 
• One whose eyebrows are attached to their feet (so every facial expression involves the whole body as well) 
• One who limps on both legs simultaneously 
• One who knows everybody else’s lines better than their own 
For 50 years, Michael Green’s The Art of Coarse Acting has been essential reading for anyone with a passion for theatre. It’s an outrageous spoof that punctures pretentiousness, pokes fun at incompetence, revels in disaster and lifts the lid on life backstage. 
As this special 50th anniversary edition proves, however much the theatre may change, Coarse Actors don’t. Green’s acerbic yet affectionate work remains one of the funniest books about acting ever written.

The Art of Coarse Acting

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Four Plays for Coarse Actors

The Art of Coarse Acting