Watching sketch teams can be an awkward experience at times.
Played without the right mix of skill they can feel like bursting in on a private joke and the inevitable hit-and-miss nature of such livewire comedy requires charisma and theatrical ability for any cast to avoid alienating their audience.
Victorian comedy trio The Penny Dreadfuls possess an abundance of these vital attributes, trying out physical comedy parodies, spilling the blood of dastardly devil incarnates ("you blew up my wife, you git!") and toying with inappropriate hats and unreliable stick-on moustaches.
Aeneas Faversham Forever is well worth a look if you like That Mitchell And Webb Thing's early 20th century version of Trisha, The Fast Show's Ted And Ralph or Count Arthur Strong.
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