Hangmen - 2016 - 7/10

Gallows humor, quite literally.
Another morning, another gutless “innocent” wailing he didn’t do it!
Grow some stones, man.
Harry slips the noose around his neck, springs the trap door, and snap! Blessed silence.
Life is sweet for the hangman. Until, a few months later, hanging is abolished.
What can an unemployed executioner do? Become a publican, that’s what.
A vain, preening, bullying troll (cribbed from Basil Fawlty?), who berates his patrons, mocks his daughter, and belittles a rival, if absent, hangman. One who scored a higher tally.
Depending on ones tolerance for black comedy, this is laugh out loud funny.
Theatre junkies, take aim, ready …
English subtitles = https://subscene.com/subtitles/national-theatre-live-hangmen/english/2720154