ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at Coachella Valley Repertory

Only a Brit would have the cheek to reimagine Carlo Goldoni’s 1743 classic Italian comedy, The Servant of Two Masters and succeed so brilliantly as Richard Bean did with his ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS. The Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics prize-winning play includes songs and music by Grant Olding. Comedy and farce are high on the agenda in CVRep's production, along with sex, food and money. ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS follows Francis Henshall, recently sacked from his skiffle band. He becomes a minder to two people: the gangster, Roscoe Crabbe (who is actually Rachel, Roscoe’s twin sister in disguise since Roscoe was murdered by Stanley Stubbers) - and personal assistant to Stanley himself (who is Francis’s sister’s boyfriend). And that’s barely the half of this thoroughly funny and delightfully improbable romp that does, assuredly, have a happy ending.