While a massive commercial success in London, the play has faced varied reception over the decades:
A film version starring Danny Dyer was released in 2013. Unlike the play, it was a critical and commercial disaster, frequently appearing on lists of the worst films ever made due to its inability to translate the stage mayhem to the screen. 6. Run for Your Wife
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To prevent his wives from meeting, John enlists his lazy neighbor, Stanley Gardner , to help spin an increasingly absurd series of lies. The play involves mistaken identities, slamming doors, and desperate cover-ups that push the situation to the point of total absurdity. Production History
The West End debut starred Richard Briers as John Smith and Bernard Cribbins as Stanley Gardner.