Up Pompeii
by Miles Tredinnick

Name: Up Pompeii
Brand: Miles Tredinnick
SKU: 9780856763380
Rating: 3.17 (34 reviews)

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Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

British Historical Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about the play. Many enjoy its nostalgic and humorous aspects reminiscent of the original series, while some find it crosses the line into vulgarity, contrasting sharply with the original's charm.

Humorous and nostalgicDelivers 'Carry On' styleEngaging homage to the originalToo vulgar for someLacks original charm

Synopsis

Based on the original characters devised by Talbot Rothwell and Sid Colin for the Frankie Howerd BBC comedy, this hilarious romp through ancient Pompeii brings back all the television favourites in this full-length play seen on a national tour in 2011 starring Damian Williams as Lurcio, Senator Ludicrus Sextus’s slave.

As Lurcio attempts to deliver his prologue and begin proceedings, he’s quickly caught up in the myriad of sexual liaisons in all quarters of his master’s house.

Why does Ludicrus not leave for the Senate meeting in Rome?

Why does his wife return so quickly from the country?

Who will take care of the escaped slave girl, Voluptua, and will Nausius’s love poetry improve?

Whilst growing chaos ensues, an increasing rumbling is heard in the distance – what could that possibly be?

A riot from start to finish.

ThemesComedy PR6070.R354 U67 2012