As with other TV programmes I have known and loved no one has seen fit to either repeat or bring them out commercially. I contacted the National Theatre over a year ago to suggest that Bedroom Farce (along with The Double Dealer-starring wonderful Dorothy Tutin) would make money if released on DVD. At that time it was obvious they had no idea what I was talking about. Recently though when the National at 50 was televised Penelope Wilton and Nicholas le Prevost played the pilchard/sardine scene-not a patch on Joan Hickson and Michael Denison who were a great success on the London and American stage. Which is why Bedroom Farce was televised and shown in 1980-but has not been seen since.
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From Large Stage To Little Screen
claudiaeilcinema25 October 2007
I remember roaring with laughter at the London National Theater with Alan Aykbourn's production of "Bedroom Farce" Three bedrooms, one hilarious link. Every day events transformed into one grand theatrical event. The TV production allows us to move without obstacles but, as I remember, were precisely the obstacles that made this production so remarkable on stage. That aside, once you get used to the idea that this is an entirely different medium, one is grateful to have Alan Aykbourn's words in the mouths of such a spectacular cast, so readily available. Joan Hickson, my favorite, in a cast of favorites, utters and delivers my favorite lines: "We're regulars, we go there every year" Stephen Moore's character is the one character that Woody Allen should have included in his gallery but never did. The entire premise acquires a life that it's pure Ayckbourn. I strongly recommend it.
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