Smelling A Rat
by Mike Leigh

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Smelling A Rat

, Mike Leigh's classic comedy, is propelled by his "wonderful gift for conversation so rock-bottom-boring that is is hilarious."

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"A perfectly tart comedy....One of the brightest and most stimulating shows to be seen in Manhattan in many a month. This shrewd, sure footed work sets you up for a merry knockabout farce and then deliberately never delivers and yet is somehow more entertaining than if it did. The play's comic and satiric genius generates a delirious energy that is rare and satisfying."

— The New York Times

"The fun lies in the inevitability that we shall see the bodies come tumbling out of the closet and the skeletons out of the cupboard."

— London Guardian

"Leigh has a wonderful gift for conversation so rock bottom boring that it is hilarious."

— London Observer

Publication

Publisher Nick Hern Books
Year 1997
Binding Paperback
Edition Revised
Pages 80
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9781854593160
ISBN-10 1854593161

Smelling A Rat is a British comedy play written by Mike Leigh and published by Nick Hern Books in London (1997).

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