Licensed To Thrill
Simon Rayner Davis
Genre: Comedy
Cast size: 14
Duration: 50 mins approx
Simon Rayner Davis | Comedy | One Act play | 8m, 6f
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Stan Dandy-Liver, the Chief Inspector of OFSTED (Office for Standards in the Espionage Department), and the criminal gang NORTEE’s (National Organisation of Ridiculous Torture and Evil Extortion) primary target has been taken hostage by their arch criminal rivals, the NICE (Nationally Incompetent Criminal Element) gang right under the noses of M-Hi-5.
The Head of M-Hi-5, ‘A’ calls in her most famous Double 0 agent Jimmy Blond in the hope that he can rescue Dandy-Liver from the clutches of both criminal gangs.
Having traced his whereabouts to the Scottish Glens, Blond is despatched to the MacHilton Hotel which is run by a right pair of Scottish Glenns, who as luck would have it are holding a Mystery Moustache Ball that same evening.
But with everyone wearing moustaches will Blond see through these impenetrable disguises and grab his man? Or will the criminal gangs triumph and manage to blow up Blond and his fellow M-Hi-5 agents who have also turned up? And having just arrived why has ‘O’, M-Hi-5’s top techie arrived with a briefcase full of underpants?
Full of clever word play and outrageous puns Simon’s hilarious spoof version of the famous James Bond novels and movies can be performed by groups of all ages.
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