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A political farce based on John Wells's Dear Bill columns, set at Chequers and parodying the relationship between Denis and Margaret Thatcher. The play uses topical jokes and the conventions of broad farce to satirize the prime minister and her husband.
Candide travels from Westphalia through war, Lisbon, Paris, Buenos Aires, Eldorado, Suriname and Venice, repeatedly confronting disasters that undermine Dr. Pangloss’s optimism. After losing and finding Cunegonde amid the upheavals, Candide rejects the promise that all is for the best and resolves to build a meaningful life with the others through practical work.
A political farce based on John Wells's Dear Bill columns, set at Chequers and parodying the relationship between Denis and Margaret Thatcher. The play uses topical jokes and the conventions of broad farce to satirize the prime minister and her husband.
Candide travels from Westphalia through war, Lisbon, Paris, Buenos Aires, Eldorado, Suriname and Venice, repeatedly confronting disasters that undermine Dr. Pangloss’s optimism. After losing and finding Cunegonde amid the upheavals, Candide rejects the promise that all is for the best and resolves to build a meaningful life with the others through practical work.