Not Now Darling

THE STORY: The scene is the exclusive London fur salon of Bodley and Crouch, where Crouch (the well-meaning innocent) struggles to keep things on an even keel despite the energetic philandering of his partner. At the moment, Bodley is trying to sec

Reproduction of the original: A Life For a Love by L.T Meade

It seems a long way from Moliere to Ray Cooney. There are immense distances between the worlds of Aristophanes, Plautus, Georges Feydeau, Ben Travers, Joe Orton and Basil Fawlty. But as one of the oldest genres in the history of the theatre, farce bridges the gaps by generating gales of helpless belly laughter across the generations. Inspired by John Mortimer’s observation that farce is 'tragedy played at a thousand revolutions a minute', theatre critic Roger Foss embarks on a lightning tour of the rib-tickling world of confused characters, absurd situations, ruined reputations, sexual innuendo and bravura comic acting and finds out if farce really is a force to be reckoned with in the 21st century. The latest addition to the Oberon Masters series, May The Farce Be With You celebrates the great creators and performers of farce, notably master farceur Ray Cooney, who celebrates his 80th birthday in 2012, in essays that will inform and entertain both the aficionado and anyone with a sense of humour.

The book is about stories based on politics and sex, where graduate students learn about stories in different languages to understand fiction in the USA. All stories have a theme in which most of them involve male and female relationships of the same age. These relationships are based on the Bible, where God created Adam and Eve on the sixth day--meaning, same age and opposite gender. There are other biblical themes, including science among other messages, to have a reader stay focus on every word used in these stories. Goals for writing these stories is to get people to read and develop reading as a hobby. Reading fiction can be an escape from reality to go into a paradise imagination. Those who major in literature will likely have a great understanding of the short stories in Hobby for Readers