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LAUGHING OUT LOUD

Everyone wishes they could be at more than place at once but they can not since they are one person. Unless you are Francis Henshall who's job is to take care of two people at once without them clashing into each other. Platte County High School is the first to take on the funniest show out there with their production of ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS.

One Man, Two Guvnors is a play written by Richard Bean. The style of this play is a Commedia dell’arte comedy. A Commedia dell’arte play is when the actors are able to improvise based on the scenarios and interact with the audience. One Man, Two Guvnors takes place in 1960 in Brighton with Francis Henshall who's job is to keep the two men guvnors Roscoe Crabbe who is the local gangster

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