Here, he’s just a joke, but while they may clean up at the box office, the joke is on the company for getting it so wrong. Anxious, accident-prone, occasionally waspish, Charles Pooter has come to be. Despite every humiliation, Charles never sees himself as others see him: he has no inkling that he might be considered a figure of fun, and that’s why you feel a fondness for him and his long-suffering wife, Carrie. The Diary of a Nobody (1892) created a cultural icon, an English archetype.

Totally missing is the original’s tenderness and affection for Charles. Andrew Daviess adaptation of George and Weedon Grossmiths novel about the diary of archetypal little man Charles Pooter. Descubre todos los libros de Ebooks, Filología, Historia y crítica de la Literatura, Estudios e historiografía, en La. The production too often loses sight of its source material and seems to be straining towards The Play That Goes Wrong. The Diary Of A Nobody (ebook) es una libro escrito por GROSSMITH GEORGE. But the relentless comic business featuring doors and human lampshades slow the action and lead to perfunctory performances: it’s caricature, not character, that’s delivered here. There are some nice touches, in particular the black and white cardboard cut-out-style design that offers a nod to the original illustrations. M r Pooter declares himself disgusted by amateur theatricals in The Diary of a Nobody but its co-authors, George and Weedon Grossmith, had considerable stage success.

Nothing is played straight in a production that, in its determination to deliver non-stop laughs, takes a sledgehammer to the Grossmiths’ unassuming but rewarding little nut.

The diary of a nobody