A Mad World, My Masters
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A dashingly impecunious bachelor, Dick Follywit, in need of quick cash and a good time has to live on his wits so turns con-man to fool his rich uncle. He variously becomes a Lord, a high-class call girl and a poor actor. Meanwhile, Truly Kidman, a high-class call girl – poor but quick-witted – needs to fool and then marry a rich young man. Sean Foley and Phil Porter’s edited version of Middleton’s play is faithful to the original text but adapts it to fit the seedy world of 1950s Soho, updating character names and including songs of the time to enhance the biting satire of lust and deception in the life of Bohemian London.
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Sean Foley
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Thomas Middleton
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Phil Porter
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- MWMad World, My MastersThomas Middleton
Mad World, My Masters
- MWMad World My MastersThomas Middleton, Sean Foley, Phil Porter
Mad World My Masters
- AMA Mad World, My Masters (Regent...Thomas Middleton
A Mad World, My Masters (Regents Renaissance Drama)
- AMA Mad World, My Masters; Edited...Thomas Middleton
A Mad World, My Masters; Edited By Standish Henning
- AMA Mad World, My MastersThomas Middleton
A Mad World, My Masters