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The Mystery of Irma Vep
''The Mystery of Irma Vep'' is a play in three acts by Charles Ludlam. It is a satire of several theatrical, literary and film genres, including Victorian melodrama, farce, the penny dreadful, ''Wuthering Heights'' and the Alfred Hitchcock film ''Rebecca'' (1940). The title is the name of a character in the 1915 French movie serial ''Les Vampires'' and is an anagram for the word "vampire."
==Background==
The play is written for two actors who, between them, play eight characters of both sexes. In order to ensure cross-dressing, licenses to perform the play include a stipulation that the actors must be of the same sex. The show requires a large number of sound cues, props, special effects and quick costume changes.〔(Repertory Theatre notes )〕 Some 35 costume changes take place in the course of the two-hour show.
The comedy includes references to (or appearances by) vampires, ghosts, mummies and werewolves. It contains the occasional jibe of an adult nature, but is largely acceptable for younger audiences. It is played in camp style. Ludlam said, however, "Our slant was actually to take things very seriously, especially focusing on those ''things held in low esteem by society'' and revaluing them, giving them new meaning, new worth, by changing their context".〔Samuels, p. 31〕 Ludlam "twinned an ironic deconstruction of the horror genre with a high-camp celebration of it."〔Fisher, Mark. ("''The Mystery of Irma Vep''" ), ''The Guardian'', February 23, 2009, accessed June 10, 2013〕
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