Cox and Box: Mrs Bouncer's Legacy proto-Pythonesque humour
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughThis adaptation of and sequel to Arthur Sullivan's comic operetta nails its satirical targets brilliantlyPay attention because this is complicated and I'll only explain it once. In 1847 the Victorian playwright John Maddison Morton wrote a one-act farce entitled Box and Cox which became the basis of Arthur Sullivan's pre-Gilbert comic operetta, Cox and Box. Now Chris Monks and …