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''Simple Spymen'' is a farce by the English playwright John Chapman. The story concerns two street musicians who are mistakenly appointed by negligent army officers to act as bodyguards to protect a scientist from assassination by a foreign spy. The first production of ''Simple Spymen'' was directed by Wallace Douglas and presented by Rix Theatrical Productions on 19 March 1958 at the Whitehall Theatre, London.〔Chapman, pp. 1–6〕 It ran there until 29 July 1961,〔"Theatres", ''The Times'', 27 July 1961, p. 2〕 a total of 1,403 performances.〔 It was third in the long-running series of Whitehall farces produced by the actor-manager Brian Rix; it followed ''Reluctant Heroes'' (1950) which had run for 1,610 performances and ''Dry Rot'' (1,475 performances from 1954).〔"12 Successful Years For Mr. Brian Rix", ''The Times'', 13 September 1962, p. 12〕 ==Cast== *Corporal Flight – Ray Cooney (billed as Raymond Cooney)〔 *Lieutenant Fosgrove – Toby Perkins *Colonel Gray-Balding – Charles Cameron *Mr Forster Stand – Gerald Anderson *George Chuffer – Leo Franklyn *Percy Pringle – Brian Rix *Mrs Byng – Joan Sanderson *Smogs – Larry Noble *Miss Archdale – Merylin Roberts *Max – Peter Allenby *Crab – Peter Mercier *Grobchick – Andrew Sachs 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Simple Spymen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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