[2] A new production of the play, directed by Daniel Buckroyd and produced by Dermot McLaughlin, Charles H. Duggan and Brian Zucker, opened at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, before touring the UK from February 2020.
[3] 2017/2018 Production The reviewer in The Daily Telegraph wrote: "Cleese seems to have contented himself with stuffing the original with coarse, cheap jokes.
When Richard Earl's charmless doctor is rejected by Leontine, he tells her to shove it where the sun don't shine.
Latour relates the story of her life in song, with the scene-shifters joining in and moving the furniture in time with the music.
For the audience, there is no such pressure; the story is a typical farce involving extramarital affairs, slamming doors and plenty of trouser dropping.
Tessa Peake-Jones, Tony Gardner, and Richard Earl (Dr. Moricet) give a master class in farce.