Fred Allen plays Sheridan Whiteside and actually makes an effort to play the part as written instead of just playing a version of Fred Allen. The latter way might have worked better but good on Allen for having a go, and you eventually get used to it. The play works well trimmed to an hour – the structure is still worth admiring (accident-secretary falls in love-bring in Gertrude Lawrence-Noel Coward tries to save the day), the jokes still funny. They cut the stuff about the host’s murdering sister or whatever she was. The actors playing Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward are fun; whoever plays Maggie, Sheridan’s secretary, is awful.
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