Woke theatre-goers warn classic rib-tickler The Lady Killers contains slapstick violence and death
THEATRE snowflakes are warning classic rib-tickler The Lady Killers is a bit . . . slapstick.
The story — adapted from the 1955 Ealing Comedy film — tells of a gang of useless criminals posing as musicians outfoxed by their feisty landlady after a bank raid.
Two of the bumbling crooks fall to their deaths while another is murdered, all unseen by the audience.
But customers at the renowned ADC Theatre in Cambridge are warned that the play includes “some comedic/slapstick violence. Death (offstage, implied).”
In the Oscar-nominated film version, Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers star alongside Katie Johnson.
She steals the show as the wily landlady who ultimately gets to keep the stolen cash.
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This stage version has been adapted by Graham Linehan, co-creator of Father Ted and The IT crowd.
The theatre, run by Cambridge University, has seen early performances from the likes of John Cleese, Peter Cook and Stephen Fry.
The ADC Theatre was contacted for comment.