The Straight Man

Work:: The Straight Man (S991722179)

1958. Andrew King and Wallace Drumney are a comic duo touring the regions, on the brink of success. They've been together for a decade, managed by schoolmate Poorly Jackson. But conflict grows over Andrew's laugh-grabbing departures from the script - not to mention Wallace's jealousy of his suave off-stage style. What Wallace doesn't know is that Andrew is having an affair with his wife. What Poorly doesn't know is that he'll be the first to go. What nobody knows is how the set of myths the three have sketched about their pasts will be exploded between matinee curtain-call and evening curtain-up.

Author

John Finnemore

Listing:: L041643766

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