The Foreigner.

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Summary: Charm, wit, and a stupid hick... calling for greatness
Review: I actually was able to preform in this play as the foreigner himself, and it was awesome to be able to be in such a outstanding play. It has stereotypical southern folk, an overly eager British guy, and a pathologically shy guy who is having marital problems. This is honestly one of the few plays I have read that made me laugh out loud. I totally recommend it to anyone.

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Summary: An incredibly funny show
Review: I had the sheer joy of playing Charlie several years ago and I hope some day I can do it again. It is funny and thought provoking at the same time. When I first read it I couldn't stop laughing and I wondered how we would get through it as actors without cracking up.
Everyone should read it and try to see it if it is playing at a theatre near you.

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Summary: A Marvelous Modern Comedy
Review: I saw THE FOREIGNER in two different productions, and they were two of the most enjoyable evenings I have spent in the theater yet. We also studied the play in a university English course, which really made me appreciate Larry Shue's skill and subtlety as a playwright. Charley Baker is a shy Englishman traveling in rural Georgia with his friend, "Froggy" Le Seur, a member of the British army. The two men visit an inn run by Froggy's old friend, Betty Meeks. Charley is in the midst of marital problems, so Froggy decides to leave him at the inn for a few days so that he can enjoy some peace and quiet. But Charley is terrified of having to make any conversation at all with the inhabitants of the inn, who besides the gregarious Betty include a (crooked) Reverend and his (pregnant) fiancée, Catherine, and her slow-witted little brother, Ellard.
So Froggy has an idea: he will tell Betty that Charley is a foreigner and speaks no English. This gives Charley the peace he wants, as well as providing excitement for the others, who have never seen a "real live foreigner" before. It also leads to many hilarious situations - and eventually to a run-in with the loathsome Owen Musser and his Ku Klux Klan boys. But Charley, through sheer cleverness and courage, defeats the Klan and all ends happily.
THE FOREIGNER is a one-of-a-kind play. It deals with serious problems, like racism and the Klan, by looking them in the face and laughing at them. Shue is not at all afraid of humor. He is also not afraid of villains, of whom this play has two: Owen and the Reverend, David Marshall Lee. Too often modern playwrights simply make a villain of "society" or some other institution. It is a harder job to create convincing individuals who are evil - but Shue does this marvelously. He is also an intelligent playwright: he includes in this modern comedy such classical character types as the "tricky servant" (Froggy), a "humour character" or a character with an obsession (Charley) - and, of course, the villains, who are so well-drawn that they seem like real people rather than like mere mouthpieces for the Klan. Shue had extraordinary talent, and I would like to thank him for leaving us THE FOREIGNER, a comedy good for all time.

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Summary: A Marvelous Modern Comedy
Review: I was graced with being cast as Ellard Sims in a College Production of The Foreigner. This in one of those Comedies that
is a Dramatic Roller Coaster and the audience is along for the ride. Physical, emotional and vocal throughout.
Sound exciting? Gok. Means yes.
After your first read through, you'll fall in love with the wonderful fictional town of Georgia and it's inhabitants.
If you go full force into it like I did, the only problem is you'll never want to leave.

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Summary: Some things are not always how they're first perceived
Review: I was graced with being cast as Ellard Sims in a College Production of The Foreigner. This in one of those Comedies that
is a Dramatic Roller Coaster and the audience is along for the ride. Physical, emotional and vocal throughout.
Sound exciting? Gok. Means yes.
After your first read through, you'll fall in love with the wonderful fictional town of Georgia and it's inhabitants.
If you go full force into it like I did, the only problem is you'll never want to leave.

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Summary: one of the k's in kkk must be for komical!
Review: i'm currently in this show at my highschool, with the role of david, the evil but enigmatic preacher who marries catherine to get her inheritance to start a kkk band in southern georgia...
and it's a comedy! seriously, the play is hilarious. all the characters take some good acting because all of them except owen change in some way or another. i'd suggest reading this play to anyone into theater, literature, or making fun of the kkk. :-)

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Summary: Brilliance Through and Through
Review: I've just come back from seeing this play. I write plays and although I try not to watch a play with a playwright's eye, I can't help it. This play on all levels reached the very top! For me as an audience it was pure joy, for me as a writer it was pure joy wrapped in respect. Larry Shue is someone I'm going to find out more about. I'm sad to hear that he is no longer with us. The mixture of humanity and humor in this play is something that is not seen often. Larry Shue, thank you!
Caroline

Rating:
Summary: Utterly brilliant
Review: No one matches the comic wit of Larry Shue. Being an actor himself, his characters are gifts to the actors that play them. Each role is well-honed and a joy to perform. This is truly one of the great American comedies. It's a tragedy that Shue died so young and left us precious few plays. But what wonderful plays they are!