ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

“One of the funniest productions in the National’s history.”
Michael Billington review 2011

“A hilarious combination of clockwork-clever plot and controlled chaos of the highest order”.Clare Brennan review 2024

The Guardian

One Man, Two Guvnors, Richard Bean’s smash-hit play, is one of the most acclaimed comedies of the 21^st century.

This celebrated English adaptation of the 1746 Carlo Goldini play The Servant of Two Masters exploded onto the National Theatre stage in 2011.  A riotous farce, it has gathered multiple awards all over the world.

The plot almost defies description. Set in Brighton in 1963, One Man, Two Guvnors sees Francis Henshall sacked from his skiffle band and out of work. He can’t be kept down for too long and soon he has secured not one, but two dubious new ‘guvnors’. There’s just one problem… they mustn’t know about each other. With money to be made and a love interest to woo, Francis has got his hands full. 

Juggling the work of a small-town gangster and a man on the run from the police, can he keep himself and his bosses out of trouble long enough to bank some cash and win the hand of the love of his life? 

This amateur production of “One Man Two Guvnors” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk