So how easily would your West End bound play or plays transfer or translate to Broadway?

Would the subject matter or dialogue be understood by an American audiance?

creative/interesting question - it makes me think "what qualities make a play universal" etc.... mine wouldn't stand a chance - it's set in the eastend of London!!!

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So how easily would your West End bound play or plays transfer or translate to Broadway?

First one - UK ad agency - no chance! Almost every reference would need a rewrite.

Second one - Egypt - doddle! The pyramids are almost in universal ownership!

As over half of WE audiences are foreign tourists, I'm almost banking on the latter!

Well my submission is actually set in America, with American characters, so the story at least should work on both sides of the Atlantic.
I think I can get away with the dialogue and cultural references in the West End, but for an American audience I would probably need to run it past a real live American to act as a script doctor. Or risk ending up out on the ‘pavement’.

So any guesses as to what Playfull might have written?

"Days Of Bud & Roses" ?

"Dunlop, Prince Of Tyre" ?

Hmm?

I don't see my play translating well in America;

it would probably need a very long introductory note in the programme and subtitles running along the bottom of the stage.

I don't think translating to America is a question that I'm likely to have to be concerned with.

Cancer dad story - there are strong references to past British humour which is used as part of the plot, without the knowledge the yanks wouldn't get it.

WWII POW story - very easily transferred.

Hmm... Mine's philosophical - about the advances in human technological understanding outstretching their philosophical understanding of the world... I guess that’s pretty universal. Perhaps even more to American tastes?

I had more worries that people reading it would think the synopsis sounded like a sci-fi movie pitch rather than recognise that it was more an emotional dialogue about such... I guess I'll never know if they read it as that or not - as feedback won't be given to most entrants. (Sniff)

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the advances in human technological understanding outstretching their philosophical understanding of the world... I guess that’s pretty universal

I worry about it every day hon!

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Originally posted by AuroraLionheart:
Cancer dad story - there are strong references to past British humour which is used as part of the plot, without the knowledge the yanks wouldn't get it.

I think I'd really like to read your play Aurora - have you uploaded it anywhere? I don't know if I'll be able to write about that stuff for a while yet - but it's still something close to my heart.

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Originally posted by MsMinxy:
I think I'd really like to read your play Aurora - have you uploaded it anywhere?

It's not available anywhere yet because it's still very much a work in progress. However if you are interested in reading what I've got up to now you are most welcome. Please email with your addy to paulajcwriter at aol dot com and I'll send you a small pdf file.

I've e-mailed you Aurora...

I don't know if you want to remove your e-mail address now - in case there are some scary 'loonies' lurking!

(You'll be getting spammed to death for Viagra and the like.)

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there are some scary 'loonies' lurking!

Arrrr! There be!

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... in case there are some scary 'loonies' lurking!

Too late I think:

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THey dont come much scarier or much loonier!

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...7 member(s) and 2 guest(s) in this forum. Adman 1961, AuroraLionheart, JaysPlays, Lewes, miss cathcart, MsMinxy, Zabriel

It's an identity parade is it?

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It's an identity parade is it?

Spot the one in the frock!

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Spot the one in the frock

Spike Milligan is at a charity fete in aid of Mental Health.

Spike stands under a large sign which reads:

"SPOT THE LOONY!"

Ernest young journalist: "Err Mr Milligan, given your own mental health problems, don't you find this sign at all offensive?"

Spike: "No. But I do object to being called "Spot".

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I don't know if you want to remove your e-mail address now - in case there are some scary 'loonies' lurking!

No - it's OK - The Production Team have left.

Uh-hoh, that's me out (again!).

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Originally posted by MsMinxy:
I don't know if you want to remove your e-mail address now - in case there are some scary 'loonies' lurking!

Good idea! I'll send you the file asap.

Too late - I've already posted it on Readers' Wives!

Still - you can tell Tony that everything is MY fault now! What a great excuse!

LOL! It's always good to have someone else to blame.

"Adman made me do it!"
"It was Adman's fault!"

Yeah. It's got a good ring to it.

Arrgghhh! Forum's playing up. It won't let me edit old posts.

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"It was Adman's fault!"

As I think I've mentioned before, it's ALWAY'S an Adman's fault!

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it's ALWAY'S an Adman's fault

You're married then?

Can't you tell from the fact that I always sound depressed!

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Originally posted by Adman 1961:
Can't you tell from the fact that I always sound depressed!

pleeeese don't shatter my illusions about marriage.....I have just finished reading Mills and Boon....I love all this romance stuff..."welcome to my world!!"....mind you, the Jackie Collins version is much better!!