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Idealistic young writer Adam Trainsmith mets Chandler Tate, a former director of classic comedies, who makes a living by directing a never-ending Soap Opera . The leading-role android makes a series of mistakes. Supporting role android JC-F31-333, spots his lapses and Laugh s. Later on, while Adam is watching old Slapstick Comedy , JC-F31-333 laughs again. She is afraid that the sense of humor is a production fault. Adam sees it as an advantage. He nicknames his favorite android Jacie and persuades Chandler that they should to make a comedy for her. Regional TV director Carla Pepperbloom threatens to ruin the project. She is Jealous of Adam's sympathy for talented Jacie and orders to take the android to parts. Adam panics and decides to Kidnap Jacie. While on the escape, Adam and Jacie fall in Love . Comic Potential Ayckbourn's fifty third full-length play. It was first performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough in 1998 and received its West End Premiere at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in October 1999 . Chandler Tate was played by David Soul. Jacie was an award winning Janie Dee (she had also created the role in Scarborough). The play is about the ability to laugh and the ability to fall in love. They are both illogical and therefore differentiate Human s from androids. The comedy also explores the Pygmalion syndrome and competing desires for autonomy and certainty. AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
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