I’m afraid I found it occasionally mildly amusing, but mostly repetitive and rather dull. Many people, according to the Goodreads reviews, found this hilarious.

Humour is one of those things that is entirely subjective. But when there’s a prolonged shortage of whisky, things begin to get serious! When, after a few weeks of drought, a cargo ship full of whisky is shipwrecked just off one the islands, the temptation to steal the whisky before the authorities get there is overwhelming. Rationing is in force, although the islanders always have their livestock and fishing to fall back on. Some of the islands’ sons are far away serving in the forces, while various servicemen are stationed around the various islands. ‘Philip Goulding’s adaptation retains the authenticity of Mackenzie’s mellifluous prose and wittily divvies up twenty-five characters among a hard-working cast of seven.Despite their remote location, the Hebridean islands of Great Todday and Little Todday are not untouched by the ongoing Second World War.

This edition includes an introduction by Philip Goulding, notes on the characters, and the original music by Alan Edward Williams that accompanied the premiere production. First performed in a touring production by Oldham Coliseum Theatre, Hull Truck Theatre and New Vic Theatre, Whisky Galore combines rollicking physical theatre, panto and farce, with an array of hilarious characters for any female-led theatre company. Philip Goulding’s stage adaptation of Compton Mackenzie’s comedy classic is a tribute to the feisty all-female touring theatre companies of the post-war years. Then it’s every thirsty man for himself as the islanders try to rescue as many bottles as possible before stuffy Captain Waggett of the Home Guard can put a stop to their fun. Relief seems to be at hand when a ship carrying 50,000 bottles of whisky is wrecked just offshore. They transport us back to 1943 on the Scottish islands of Great and Little Todday, where the whisky supply has dried up because of the war, leaving tensions running high. It’s 1955 and the Pallas Players, an all-female theatre company, are putting on a play: Whisky Galore.

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