Two Into One
If you are a Cabinet Minister in the government it is not easy to arrange to spend a night in a London hotel with a young lady. The problem is not so much that the Minister and the young lady are both married (not to each other obviously!) but that the young lady is the personal secretary to the Leader of the Opposition.
Richard Willey (the Cabinet Minister) makes the mistake of enlisting the assistance of his own secretary, George Pigden. Before the end of the evening George’s intervention has resulted in Richard’s wife and the young lady’s husband turning up at the hotel. Add to this a wily waiter, a suspicious hotel manager and a puritanical Member of Parliament and you have all the ingredients of a Cooney comedy which made it the hit of the year both in London and Paris.
CAST 5 men 3 women 3 walk-ons
ONE MULTIPLE SET
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First performed at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester on the 19th March 1981 with the following cast;
Pamela Willey - Jan Walters
Richard Willey - Richard Coleman
Chambermaid - Alexandra Chevitch
Waiter - Derek Royle
George Pigden - Ray Cooney
Manager - Anthony Sharp
Lily Chatterton - Sheila Burrell
Jennifer Bristow - Debbi Blythe
Edward - Nick Field
Other Guests - James Williams, Harriet Ray, Kim Shadrake, Amanda Hendry, Christopher Terry
Directed By - Roger Redfarn
Subsequently produced at the Shaftsbury Theatre, London on the 19th October 1984 with the following cast;
Pamela Willey - Barbara Murray
Richard Willey - Donald Sinden
Receptionist - Ginni Barlow
Waiter - Derek Royle
George Pigden - Michael Williams
Manager - Lionel Jeffries
Lily Chatterton - Jane Downs
Maria - Carolyn Allen
Jennifer Bristow - Linda Heyden
Edward - Martin Connor
Other Guests - Christopher Chittell, Henry Tomlinson, Anthony Verner, Lorna Calleny, Maxine Daniels.
Directed By - Ray Cooney