The plot of the play Too Married Taxi Driver begins with a banal accident. A typical man with the common name John Smith (analogous to the Russian name Ivan Kuznetsov) fights off the hooligans of an old woman who thanked him with a strong blow bags over the head. Once in the hospital, the hero accidentally indicates two addresses of his residence. Moreover, both women living in specified addresses, report to the police the disappearance of her husband John Smith, who works as a taxi driver. Indeed, John Smith is a bigamist. He married only one in a nearby church, and officially married the other woman. And they live next to each other. So the main character was faced with the task of not getting confused and not spilling the beans. John Smith, in his assistant notepad, compiled a coded schedule of family visits. There were no problems with providing for them; they were all working people. One of the wives meets her husband from the day shift, and the other waits from the heavy night shift. But no one knows about it until the end of the finale. Both parties involved are working with the police to investigate this complicated case.
The carousel of dizzying events is famously twisted to the point of absurdity of situations. This is facilitated by a single space of events, when the living conditions of different wives, embodied by the artist G. Jungwald, are simultaneously visible. Different signature furnishings for each housewife and at the same time one spirit of the standard family life comical beyond belief. Their everyday habits, actions and words are banal and individual at the same time. Add here momentary actions, conversations and thoughts that mutually exclude these directions against the background monstrous lie. Effect unreal reality colossal.
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Excerpt from the play
“The Too Married Taxi Driver” is a light comedy play based on the play by Ray Cooney, which was written back in 1983. It reveals double life a simple taxi driver, John Smith, who has to work different shifts. But his bigamy would have remained a secret if, by chance, he had not gotten into trouble, after which he ended up in a hospital bed. At this time, his two lovers, Barbara and Mary, begin to call the police, describing their husband in the same way, confusing the police. The highlight of the scenes played out is that the women themselves and the policeman do not know the secret of the taxi driver, it is only revealed before the eyes of the viewer, despite the fact that the characters have to unravel this throughout the entire production unusual story. The play is distinguished by an abundance of funny scenes with sharp jokes, unusual plots and unforeseen plot twists, which will not allow the viewer to get bored who buy tickets for the play “Too Married Taxi Driver” at the Satire Theater. This play is staged on a stage different theaters peace. So in the capital there was an opportunity to watch this performance and enjoy a pleasant pastime with incessant laughter throughout the entire performance.
The play “Too Married Taxi Driver” at the Satire Theater
A dizzying sitcom. An accidental accident knocks John Smith out of the schedule of his life and launches a series of absurd situations that, by the end, develop into one big absurdity. An ordinary taxi driver turns out to be not so simple after all. He has two houses and two wives who don’t even know about each other’s existence. The hero married the fighting Mary in the mayor's office, and he married the infantile Barbara in the church. He comes to one after the day shift, to the other after the night shift. He lives according to a clear coded plan, which he has never violated until now. After the accident, he mistakenly gives two different home addresses, and at the same time, two women report their spouses to the police as missing, both taxi drivers with the common name John Smith. Balancing between investigators, journalists and wives, the hero tries to get out of the current situation. But the more he lies, the more the situation becomes tense. The dynamic plot does not slow down until the very end, the lies multiply, bringing the comic situation to its limit.
It all starts, as it should in a sitcom, with a banal accident. The taxi driver, an ordinary man, with an ordinary “mass” name - John Smith (translated into Russian - Vanya Kuznetsov), saves an old woman from hooligans. They ran away, and the old woman hit the taxi driver on the head with her purse. At the hospital, he accidentally gives two completely different home addresses. At the same time, two women call the police: each has a missing husband, both are taxi drivers, both are named John Smith. It turns out that this John Smith is a bigamist. In one house, Mary, with whom he married at the mayor's office, is waiting for him, in the other - Barbara, with whom he got married in church. He comes to one after a night shift, to another after a day shift. The wives live almost nearby. Both work, so no one really cares about the financial side. The main thing is not to get confused, for which Smith has a coded graph in notebook. Almost until the finale, as usual, only the wives and the police, forced to investigate this strange case, do not know the secret. The dizzying change of situations reaches the limits of absurdity and is played just as quickly and dizzyingly. The tempo helps to maintain the unified space of events built by the artist G. Yungvald-Khilkevich. On the left is “Barbara’s apartment”, on the right is “Mary’s house”. The setting is different, in the spirit of each of the housewives, but the worlds are subtly symmetrical. The spirit of a universal standard, in which everything is interchangeable, makes the wives at home almost twins. The actors speak and act simultaneously - as the situation requires. A comic effect is enhanced by the fact that the thoughts, intentions, words, actions of the characters and the results of all this rush in mutually exclusive directions. The multiplying lie creates an impenetrable illusion of replacing reality.
In 1983, the world became acquainted with the work of Ray Cooney, “The Too Married Taxi Driver.” Today you can get acquainted with history not only by reading a book, but also by going to a performance of the same name. Spend the evening in the company of talented artists and a fascinating story at the Satire Theater, go to the play “Too Married Taxi Driver.” You can buy tickets for the production on the BiletiKo website - it’s convenient and practical, because you don’t need to waste time on long lines and trips to the other end of Moscow.
Work on the production
Directors and actors of theaters in many countries delight the viewer with unsurpassed comedic moments and sparkling humor, and today the performance can be seen in Moscow. All thanks capital theater Satire and Alexander Shirvindt, who regularly delights the residents of the capital with comedy performances. The work of composer Tukhmanov also deserves attention - sometimes an invigorating, and sometimes neutral musical background in the play successfully complements the actors' performance.
Separately, I would like to note Alexander Shirvindt’s ability to emphasize subtleties and clearly highlight key moments in his productions - this happened with the play “Too Married Taxi Driver.” The poster on the website makes it possible to find out how many tickets are left in stock, but it is better to hurry - buy seats in the hall in last moment Few people succeed, because the comedy attracts full houses with enviable regularity.
Description of the performance
The plot of the play revolves around an ordinary taxi driver, John Smith, originally from rainy London. What's the highlight? This simplest-looking man surrounded himself with several wives at once. Despite the origin of the main character, the action itself takes place in the USA. Comedy reveals an unprecedented truth modern life when a person, through his own fault, falls into a trap. Intrigues and adventures are what the play “Too Married Taxi Driver” is filled with. How did John meet his chosen ones? We will not reveal all our cards, but note the following:
- He assured the relationship with Mary at the city hall;
- Lovelace married Barbara in the temple.
A very cunning and resourceful man, isn’t he? At the same time, the ladies lived at a fairly close distance from each other and did not suspect the existence of a rival. So that you understand the insidiousness of the situation described in “The Too Married Taxi Driver,” let us mention that main character I lived according to a schedule.
It was not difficult for John to quickly move from one wife to another, since the journey between houses by car took only 4 minutes. The deception cannot last forever, so the situation changes dramatically one day when an old woman riding in a taxi hits him on the head with her bag. The result of the old lady's anger is that the overly married taxi driver ends up in the hospital.
That's where it all started, because the main character is from last bit of strength trying to get away with it. The elderly lady gets away unpunished, since it is not profitable for John to contact the police. But the guardians of law and order did not stand aside - trauma causes problems with law enforcement agencies. The plot in “The Too Married Taxi Driver” develops rapidly and comedically. Every time the audience watches the performance, clutching their stomachs with laughter. You should buy tickets for “Too Married Taxi Driver” for the following reasons:
- bright comic plot;
- humor accessible to everyone;
- piquant dialogues of the actors;
- the verisimilitude of the story of unfaithful men.
Visit the Satire Theater - they are only waiting for you positive emotions! And all thanks to the efforts of talented actors. Alena Yakovleva plays Mary, and Elena Podkaminskaya plays Barbara. Yuri Vasiliev will appear before you in the role of the henpecked protagonist. Tempting, isn't it? We recommend going to the Satire Theater for the production of “Too Married Taxi Driver.” You can buy tickets now on the website or order by phone by contacting the TicketCo employees. Give yourself and your loved ones positive emotions!
Performance Too Married Taxi Driver Theater of Satire. Having read the title of this performance by the Satire Theater, you probably thought that a stylistic error had crept into it. According to linguistic rules, one cannot be “a little married,” “well married,” or, as the play’s author, Ray Cooney, claims, “too married.” In language - no, but in life, it turns out, it is possible.
This production by Alexander Shirvindt was especially loved by the audience, because the performance was created in one of the most popular stage and “film” genres today: the sitcom, or sitcom. The story of the main character does not make theatergoers think about life values and does not raise deep philosophical problems: it looks like one big joke, the hero of which becomes an ordinary person.
London taxi driver Joe Smith, if we consider his life from the point of view of the Criminal Code, belongs in prison. He's a bigamist. His wives are diametrically opposed women in character and habits. The first is extravagant, sensual, sexually attractive - in general, the dream of every man. The second is a stern, practical and quarrelsome lady, who has long been a bald spot not only for Joe himself, but also for his neighbors. Of course, neither the first nor the second wife even realizes that she has a rival. So poor Smith has the hardest time in this situation: she is forced to rush between two families and two women, dividing her life into two equal halves.
And everything would be fine, because a person gets used to not such inconveniences. Let His Majesty Chance intervene - in the person of the old woman, who uses her handbag as a weapon and hits Joe on the top of the head with it. The taxi driver ends up in the hospital, where he miraculously avoids publicity and the inevitable meeting of his two halves. However, the police are keenly interested in his person, and throughout the rest of the performance the hero has to make titanic efforts to keep the secret. But the secret, as we know, inexorably becomes apparent. This is what happens, and, ironically, both spouses and the police are the last to know.
Why are sitcoms so popular? Probably because in our generally gloomy and trouble-filled life, it is much easier to be puzzled by something than to sincerely laugh at something. The task of a comedian is much more difficult than that of a tragedian. But laughter is very important - scientists have proven that it increases life expectancy. And watching a person who at the moment much worse than us, it has truly healing properties. Alexander Shirvindt is an excellent comedian and an equally talented director of plays in the comic genre. Book tickets for “The Too Married Taxi Driver” - and you will see for yourself.
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