Although only a few characters break the fourth wall (Henshell primarily), the play relies heavily on it. For some plays, breaking the fourth wall could be a career suicide but for "One man, Two Guvnors," it is important that the audience can be part of the play as, even if something goes wrong, the actor can embrace and incorporate the mistake causing the audience to roar with laughter which they cannot experience in a serious play. .
One extremely important technical aspect is the use of music by having a band, with the style similar to the Beatles, in the auditorium that play before the audience enters in each sections. Furthermore, music would be played in between scenes and were sometimes joined by the actors. This not only added versatility to the actors but also reinforced the fact that the play world really was just a play world and the actors were just actors on a stage. As well as adding even more humour to the play, it is a common Brechtian technique used and implemented well with the era of the play (1960s) as well as setting the moods of each scenes e.g the double suicide scene was paired with a sad song which contained a slightly cheerful harmony which blended with the clear sarcasm and irony of the particular scene. Another technical aspect was Mark Thompson (designer) and his excellent use of costume that are extremely exaggerated in their skewed-perspective Technicolor outlooks which turn early 60's styles into bright, gleeful cartoons. The costumes were important as it not only fitted gracefully inside the play's rambunctious surrounding but also complemented the lights that Mark Henderson (Light designer) used. For example, the costumes would have never been so buoyant looking if the lighting was not there to make the colours stand out. .
The plot of the play is surprisingly difficult to follow which makes even more ironic humour as the main character (Francis Henshall) was a stereotypically dumb, food motivated man.
