6. Run For Your Wife Now

It is often cited as one of the best examples of British farce, translated into 35 languages and performed hundreds of thousands of times worldwide.

Cooney later wrote a sequel titled Caught in the Net , which continues John Smith’s misadventures as his children from the two families meet online. Critical Reception and Legacy 6. Run for Your Wife

To prevent his wives from meeting, John enlists his lazy neighbor, Stanley Gardner , to help spin an increasingly absurd series of lies. The play involves mistaken identities, slamming doors, and desperate cover-ups that push the situation to the point of total absurdity. Production History It is often cited as one of the

The story centers on , an unremarkable London taxi driver who has been successfully leading a double life for five years. John enlists his lazy neighbor