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‘Unnecessary Farce’ brings unrelenting laughs by Sandy MacDonald

DENNIS - Actors have an edge when it comes to writing for actors: Just ask Molière. Actor/playwright Paul Slade Smith, whose “Unnecessary Farce’’ is enjoying a whip-smart regional premiere at the Cape Playhouse, certainly has the knack. And like the farceurs of old, he relies on character, rather than contrivance, to drive his increasingly frenzied, unrelentingly funny plot.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:44PM on August 25, 2011

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