No Sex Please, We're British

One of my clients - I design theatre posters - is producing this play during their 2012-13 season. Their brief, which is the wiki entry's plot synopsis, doesn't give me much to go by, so I come to you, oh gods of theatre knowledge for a little more background.

I need something to design around, other than "madcap" and "pornography". I've searched google. I've checked my local library systems. I've searched the torrent sites. And, I'm hoping someone here has done the play before and can hopefully provide some insight. Please help!

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Can they send you a script?

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Thanks guys-

I want to have a quick turnaround, and as they are on the other side of the country, my last resort is ordering one from Sam French. I have googled (boy, have I googled) and I have a synopsis and I've done the image search and seen what other designers have done. The problem is... it's all very... generic.

I was hoping to find someone who has had an experience with the show in some form. I have a logo developed, but I need some ideas on an accompanying illustration. Is there more to the play than a conservative married couple receiving a deluge of Swedish pornography and the ensuing hilarity of them trying to conceal it? Reading the play may be my only answer, but I thought a check here wouldn't hurt.

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Try asking on the West End board - I think you're more likely to find someone who's seen it there.

Updated On: 5/13/12 at 07:14 AM

You know I saw this play on one of my trips to London. I remember laughing hysterically and enjoying the show. Oddly enough, I can't remember anything about it. As I think of it, I saw DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER only a few weeks ago and enjoyed it, too. Sadly, I can't recall one element of the plot right now. Must be something about the genre.

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I saw it in London in the late 1970s. My friends and I went to see it because we liked the title (we were 18 at the time and knew nothing about theater). I do remember it was very funny and the plot involved a bank manager and some canisters of pornographic films.

Oh its a theatre poster.

Basically.... porn just keeps showing up at the uptight people's home which is above a bank.

Hands over the eyes of staunch Englanders while boobies are paraded in front of them comes to mind.
Everyone loves boobies even the English.

Thanks for your help guys, and especially those that sent me private messages. I've finished a draft, so we'll see how it goes!

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Thanks Mamas - I love those cartoonish pre-80s posters. I dug deep into the internet, and didn't find any inspiration that clicked. (Even the original poster and logo... does it really "say" anything about the play itself other than "silly"?) Talked to the director. SPARK! Thanks again for the input.

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