the man behind famous comedies including the office and citizan khan. he told us about his experience adapting moliere's play tartuffe into a story about a british—pakistani family in modern—day birmingham. i was expecting, i was thinking a 400—year—old french comedy, those aren't things that go together, in my mind. so, i was very pleasantly surprised at how funny ifound it, actually, and a realjoy of it and the real genius of moliere is the comic structure. you know, when you are constructing a farce, which this is, essentially, the comic structure. you know, when you are constructing a farce, which this is, essentially, it is an incredibly intricate and very difficult and precise thing to do, and what we realised when we read the original play was that structure is absolutely watertight. it is a gold—plated structure and we really didn't change. we were given licence to change whatever we wanted,
Related Keywords
Oman , North Uk , Moliere , Office , United States , Story , Experience , Comedies , Family , Citizan Khan , Birmingham , Play Tartuffe , It , Comic Structure , Old French , In My Mind , Realjoy , Genius , Those Arent Things That Go Together , 400 , Farce , Thing , Structure , Play , Licence , Didnt Change ,
comparemela.com © 2020. All Rights Reserved.