- Whatre you doing here Robert? - Well to be frank with you; Ive really no idea. I thought I would just suddenly appear; so I did. I suddenly appeared. A family Christmas is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Uncle Bob. Who is he? Why has he come? Why does his wife stay out in the car? And what is the meaning of his long and outrageous message? All we can be sure of is that the world will never be the same again.A provocative roll-call of contemporary obsessions; In the Republic of Happiness premiered at the Royal Court Theatre; London; in December 2012.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Brilliant play; now running on Broadway featuring Kevin Kline!By SheiliaI saw the play in NY with Kevin Kline in the lead. I wanted to see it again; so I bought the script and as I read it; I was delighted to find my mind replaying the play I had just seen with all the additional comedic expressions and blocking.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A "Spare Room" farceBy James R. AndersonFeydeau; Sheridan; Marivaux are mixed with telephones and doorbells jangling in this blithery; expert nonsense about the sexiest matinee idol of the London stage whose private life is turned upside down by vamps; his wife; producers and assorted show bizzies. Stage star Garry Essendine puts the ladies who want his body in "the spare room" (ehh?); so this is really a spare room farce rather than a bedroom farce.Coward; always modest; wrote the role of the sexpot for himself. Studsy Clifton Webb played Garry in the first NYC production. (More ehh? Well; that was casting in the 1940s). George C Scott of flaming nostrils revived Garry on Bwy and so did Frank Langella; who has balls but no charm. The role requires Cary Grant.Its hilarious comedy; albeit preposterous. Who goes to the theatuh for reality? For reality you watch the evening news on the telly. (There you get a selected reality; but everything is now le show business).