Grand Gesture

<i>The world was cruel to Simeon Duff<br/>Mad and mired in the deepest slough<br/>Nobody seemed to give a stuff<br/>'bout Simeon Simeon Duff</i><br/><br/>Simeon Duff is working class unemployed and desperate. His wife works. He's lost all self-esteem. He's on the scrap heap and wants to end it all . . . and so begins this brilliantly insane comedy about a man on the edge. <br/> <br/>When word gets out that Duff is going to top himself a host of ne'er-do-wells crawl out of the woodwork each wanting to claim his grand gesture for their 'noble cause'. Let's face it why waste a death? But which cause shall it be . . . love politics religion or the rising price of fish? <br/> <br/>Will the disillusioned Duff go through with it? Will he really top himself for a dubious cause? Is he worth it? <br/><br/><i></i>An adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's <i>The Suicide</i> (1928) <i>The Grand Gesture </i>is a witty satire of lobbyists seeking political control.